6 Swanston Village, Edinburgh

6 Swanston Village in Edinburgh is a pair of single-storey and attic farmworkers' cottages built around 1850, with alterations and extensions made in the early 20th century. The cottages are constructed from coursed stugged sandstone, with droved edges and droved ashlar dressings, while the rear and side extensions are made of harled brick. The openings feature architraved surrounds, with semicircular panels above the windows on the principal north elevation. The cottages have a projecting eaves band and coped gables.

On the north elevation, there is a central entrance for each cottage, featuring a boarded timber door and a two-pane rectangular fanlight above. Flanking windows are present, along with an additional small window to the right of No 5. The south elevation includes a short, flat-roofed extension for each cottage, each with two windows and an entrance on the right side. There is also an earlier lean-to section to the right of No 5. A shared four-light boxed dormer window, inserted in 1933, features timber mullions and is located between the two cottages.

The west elevation has a small lean-to with coped skews, while the east elevation includes an entrance to the lean-to with a small window to the right. The cottages mainly feature eight and twelve-pane timber sash and case windows. The roofs of the main body of the terrace and the lean-to sections are covered with slate, while the rear extensions have flat leaded roofs. There are two corniced gablehead stacks, one at the center of the ridge, with round and decorative octagonal cans, and cast-iron rainwater goods. The interiors were not inspected as of 1997.