47 Ann Street, Edinburgh

45 Ann Street in Edinburgh is a pair of classical townhouses, likely designed by James Milne between 1816 and 1822. These two-storey, three-bay houses have a basement and feature paired porches at the center, with gardens that face the street. The exterior is constructed of sandstone ashlar, with the basement finished in droved stone. The entrance platts extend over the basement area recess leading to the garden. There is a banded base course and a narrow banded cill course at the ground floor, along with a band course and narrow banded cill course at the first floor, topped by a corniced eaves course. The porches are supported by fluted Greek Doric columns and include a cornice and blocking course. The first-floor windows are framed with moulded architraves, and the inset doorway features six-panel boarded timber doors with a rectangular fanlight above. To the northwest, there is a two-bay blind return.

The southwest (rear) elevation is made of coursed squared rubble with tooled ashlar rybats, lintels, and cills, and it has regular fenestration. The windows are timber sash and case with a 12-pane glazing pattern. The pitched roof is covered with grey slates, and there are corniced ashlar ridge stacks with some clay cans. The property also has cast-iron rainwater goods. A low coursed and squared rubble wall with sandstone copes borders the gardens along the street, topped with cast-iron railings that incorporate a decorative cast-iron lamp standard with a large bowl shade.

Inside, as seen in 2010, the townhouses feature a decorative classical scheme with intricate plasterwork and a large drawing room. The stone stairs are complemented by a well-detailed cast iron balustrade and timber handrail, leading up to large cupolas. The principal rooms and entrance hall are adorned with decorative cornicing, some ceiling roses, and large marble fireplaces. The windows have working shutters.