59 Dick Place, Edinburgh

Circa 1869. 2-storey villa with Scottish Renaissance details, originally 2-bay and square-plan, made 3-bay and L-plan by extension and porch to W in 1885 by R Paterson. Stugged, squared and snecked sandstone masonry with polished dressings. Base course; rounded angles to main house; string courses dividing floors and at eaves; crowstepped gables.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: open porch in loggia to outer left with 3 detached columns surmounting ashlar dies (2 joined by stone balustrade); entablature and dentilled cornice above; stone corbel with pyramidal finial flanking to outer left; panelled door; leaded window flanking to left; pedimented bipartite window breaking eaves at 1st floor (jettied out above porch). Full-height canted window flanking to right at main house; blank tablet between floors; gablehead window; corbelled parapet with thistle finials. Single window at ground floor to outer right; blank shield above; 1st floor window breaking eaves in fleur-de-lys finialled pediment. Secondary entrance added between last mentioned bays in 1951. Garage adjoining to outer right; service wing behind with half gablet at 1st floor.

E ELEVATION: 2-storey service wing clasping angle to outer right.

W ELEVATION: single and bipartite windows at ground floor; string course dividing floors to outer right. Blank tablet set in gable to outer left.

UPVC replacement windows to match original plate glass and 4-pane sash and case glazing. Grey slate piended roof; corniced gablehead stacks; skylight to W; some original rainwater goods including moulded eaves guttering; scroll bracketed skewputts.

INTERIOR: not seen 1990.

BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped wall to street; higher mutual boundary walls.