13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh

This is a substantial 1822 terrace designed by James Gillespie Graham, with later additions. It stands three storeys and a basement high, and comprises 23 bays arranged as a central 15-bay section flanked by a pair of more prominent 4-bay terminal pavilions. The building is constructed from polished ashlar sandstone with V-jointed rustication at principal floor level. The facade features a base course, a band course between the basement and principal floor, a corniced frieze at the impost level of the terminal pavilions, cill courses at the first and second floors, a cornice at the second floor, and a further cornice and blocking course at the third floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts project from the basement level.

The south-east (principal) elevation’s central terrace contains five houses. The ground floor has four-panel timber doors with glazed upper panels (at Nos 9 and 11), and rectangular fanlights above. Other ground floor bays contain windows. The floors above feature regular window placement, with architraved surrounds at the first floor, and primarily architraved surrounds at the second and third floors. A flagged area fronts the basement.

The south-east elevation’s terminal pavilions are four storeys high, with a basement, and are four bays wide. Doric pilasters frame the bays at the first and second floors, while panelled pilasters are present at the third floor. The principal floors of Nos 7 and 19 feature four-panel timber doors with radial semicircular fanlights. The remaining bays on the principal floors each contain windows set within round-arched recesses. Again, the floors above feature regularly placed windows. A flagged area fronts the basement.

The return to the west terminal pavilion, which connects to 9 Randolph Crescent (listed separately), is four bays wide. Similarly, the return to the east terminal pavilion, connecting to 15 Ainslie Place (listed separately), is also four bays wide. The rear elevation was unexamined in 1998.

Most windows are timber sash and case, with plate glass. Number 9 and the first floor of Number 11 retain multi-pane windows. Anthemion and palmette window guards are present on the first floor. The roof is covered in grey slate, with cast iron rainwater goods. The building has broached ashlar ridge stacks, coped and topped with circular cans.

Interior details are unknown, though evidence suggests the presence of working panelled shutters. The property is set back from the street and has ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis finials.