Women's Union, University Of Edinburgh, 16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh

No 16: David Rhind, 1878-9. Finely-detailed, 3-storey and attic, 3x3-bay former school building with distinctive Renaissance treatment occupying prominent corner site. Sandstone ashlar with moulded dressings. Raised in-and-out quoins. Base course; deep-set string course between ground and 1st floors; cill course at 2nd floor; projecting dentiled cornice with balustraded parapet above; globe finials. Central tripartite window to 1st floor with lion-head cornice detail. Heavy, double-consoled doorpiece with segmental pediment. Twin corbelled rectangular oriel bays to W elevation. French pavilioned roof with segmental-arched dormers.

Nos 9-15: John Lessels, 1875. 3-storey and attic, 10-bay block (comprehensively refurbished following fire - see Notes). Simple segmental-arched treatment to 1st and 2nd floors. Segmental-arched dormers. 21st century ground floor with large fixed-pane windows.

Predominantly 9-pane timber sash and case windows to principal elevation. Casements to Nos 9-15. Grey slate. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: No 16 retains a particularly ornate vaulted coffered plaster ceiling with central glazed cupola. Central well stair rising to all floors with finely-turned timber balustrade and moulded mahogany handrail.