5-5A York Place, Edinburgh

5-5A York Place is a later 18th century, three-storey terraced classical house with an attic and basement. It features a broached ashlar sandstone exterior, with squared and snecked rubble at the basement level. The building has a base course and a band course between the basement and the principal floor, along with projecting cills and long and short quoins. The entrance is accessed via ashlar steps and an entrance platts that oversail the basement.

On the north (principal) elevation, there is an architraved and corniced doorpiece with a panelled timber door and a plate glass rectangular fanlight centered at the principal floor. To the left of center at the principal floor, there is another pilastered and corniced doorpiece with a similar panelled timber door and fanlight. The remaining bays at the principal floor have regular fenestration, including an architraved window in the bay to the left. The upper floors also feature regular fenestration.

The west elevation is adjacent to another building, which is listed separately (1-3C York Place). The east elevation has a random rubble gable that is partly obscured by the adjoining building, which is also listed separately (5B York Place). The south (rear) elevation has not been seen since 1998.

The windows are predominantly plate glass timber sash and case. The roof is covered with grey slate and features a pair of slate-hung box dormers, along with modern skylights. The building has cast-iron rainwater goods and a hipped rendered gablehead stack that is coped and has circular cans. The skews are also coped.

The interiors have not been seen since 1998. The property is enclosed by ashlar copes topped with cast-iron railings that have spear-headed and pineapple finials.