25, 28 Rosebank Cottages, Gardner's Crescent, Edinburgh

20 and 24 Rosebank Cottages, located on Gardner's Crescent in Edinburgh, were designed by Alexander MacGregor in 1860. These are three rows of two-storey symmetrical flatted cottages, each with gardens at the front and back. The southern side features three 12-bay rows (numbers 1-8, 9-16, and 17-24) separated by a central avenue with footpaths leading to the individual houses. There is also a 9-bay row to the south (numbers 25-30), a 6-bay row to the southwest (numbers 31-34), and a 3-bay row at the rear (numbers 35-36). The cottages are constructed from squared and snecked sandstone, with bull-faced sandstone quoins. They have lugged architraves around the openings and pillar-box fanlights above the doors.

The northeast (front) elevations feature a panelled timber door at the center of each 3-bay section on the ground floor, with single windows on both floors in the flanking bays and a center window on the first floor (which is much reduced for numbers 25-30). There are no windows in the center of the first floor above numbers 3 and 4.

On the southwest (rear) elevations, there is an external stair at right angles to the terrace leading to a first-floor balcony that serves the 6-bay sections. Each end of the balcony has a panelled timber door flanked by single windows, with a small single-light window positioned between the door and the innermost window. The ground floor below features single windows, with an additional small single-light window aligned with one above.

The cottages predominantly have 2-pane timber sash and case windows. The roofs are covered with grey slate and have piended designs, with raised stone skews that return at the bottom edges. The northern rows feature shouldered, corniced stacks, while the southern rows have coped and rendered stacks with circular cans. The properties also include cast-iron rainwater goods and decorative geometric-patterned ironwork handrails on the steps and balconies.

The interiors were not seen in 1997. The cottages are bordered by low coped boundary walls that define the gardens.