9-13 York Place, Edinburgh

Late 18th century. 3-storey, attic and basement, 7-bay classical terrace. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; squared and snecked rubble at basement. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, and between principal and 1st floors; mutuled cornice at 2nd floor. Projecting cills at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: architraved and corniced doorpiece with 6-panel timber common stair door and 3-pane rectangular fanlight centred at principal floor, flanked by round-arched doorpieces with panelled timber doors and semicircular fanlights, radial to right, plate glass to left; regular fenestration to remaining bays at principal floor, and to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining building, see separate listing (7 York Place).

E ELEVATION: adjoining building, see separate listing (15-19A York Place).

S (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Anthemion and palmette window guards at 1st floor of No 13. Grey slate roof. Slate-hung tripartite rectangular dormer and recessed slate-hung lead-roofed rectangular dormer to right; pair of slate-hung bowed dormers to left. Modern skylights. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered gablehead stack, coursed rubble gablehead stack with broached ashlar dressings, rubble stack with broached ashlar dressings breaking pitch, rendered stack breaking pitch; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials.