16, 18 Calton Hill, Edinburgh

Later 18th century. Terraced tenement building on steeply sloping site, partly below street level; 2-storey, basement and attic, 3-bay, with central nepus gable to front and rear elevations. Harled rubble with polished ashlar margins. Regular fenestration.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: stone steps down to basement recess; timber-panelled door flanked by window to left and right. Ground floor timber-panelled door with 3 ogee-headed light fanlight, approached by flyover platt overarching basement recess. Cill band to ground floor. To 1st floor, extra bay to far right with timber-panelled door with 3-light fanlight, approached by street level platt.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: timber and glazed door at far right. To attic floor, dormers flanking nepus gable to left and right.

GLAZING etc: predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; 9-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to dormers. Dormers have grey slate cat-slide roofs, timber fascias and lead haffits. Pitched roof; graded grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. Gablehead stacks with circular cans to both nepus gables.

BOUNDARY WALLS: front garden area; two tiers of random rubble arches, supporting platts for entry to No. 18 and No 20. Cast iron railings along platt to door of No 18. Cast iron railings and gate between garden and pavement; large obelisk-like stone feature. Rear garden area; high retaining random rubble wall to east, two doorways, one above the other, above ground level. Random rubble wall to north; segmental coping; doorway with dressed margins, carved lintel with patera and fluting; drip-mould above. From rear of building to north wall, stone balustrade with square section balusters and feather-edged coping.