3 Dundas Street, Edinburgh

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, early 19th century, with late Victorian additions. 4-storey and basement, 7-bay terraced tenement, with 4th storey as wallhead attic. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band courses between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floors; projecting cills at 2nd floor; cornice at 2nd floor; string course and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance plats oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 9-panel flush-beaded timber common stair door, with rectilinear rectangular fanlight, centred at principal floor; slightly advanced pilastered doorpiece in 3rd bay from left, with single fluted pilaster with Corinthian capital surviving, comprising 4-panel timber door and plate glass rectangular fanlight; 3-bay pilastered and corniced shop front (No 7A, P Clark Thomson & Son) advanced to outer left, with glazed doors and plate glass windows; pair of doors in 3rd bay from right, both 6-panel with plate glass rectangular fanlights; 2-bay shop front to right, comprising recessed glazed door with rectilinear rectangular fanlight, 2-pane plate glass window to left; regular fenestration to floors above. Regular fenestration to floors above, and to basement, with 2-bay shop front to right, with glazed door and plate glass window.

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (21-34 Abercromby Place).

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (9-13C Dundas Street).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge and gablehead stacks; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by iron railings with spear-headed balusters.