12 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh

Robert Reid and William Sibbald, early 19th century. 3-storey and basement 12-bay terraced tenement, comprising 4 3-bay houses. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal floor and 1st floor; cill course at 1st floor at No 12, cills lowered to remaining 1st floor windows; projecting cills in bays at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Architraved windows with cornices at 1st floor, small windows to 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: recessed doorpieces in 3rd, 4th 7th and 10th bays from left, comprising 6-panel timber doors with radial rectangular fanlights; regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor and to floors above and basement. Fluted aprons to 1st floor bays at No 12.

E ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (16 and 18 Nelson Street).

W ELEVATION: coursed rubble gable, predominantly blank with window centred at 2nd floor.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows, with window guards in bays at 1st floor of Nos 6 and 8; spanning bays at 1st floor of No 10. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble and rendered ridge stacks, rubble gablehead stack; coped, with circular cans.

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

RAILINGS AND LAMP: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed balusters and pineapple finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamps with glass globes.