3 Howard Place, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh

3 Howard Place is a three-storey and basement block of tenements, designed by James Gillespie Graham between 1809 and 1830, featuring a bowed corner. A public house, built by RM Cameron in 1903, extends over the basement areas at Nos 2 and 3. The building is constructed from droved sandstone ashlar, with the public house front painted. There are dividing bands between the basement and ground floors, as well as between the ground and first floors, along with cill courses at the first and second floors and an eaves cornice.

The southwest elevation, facing Howard Place, consists of ten bays, including the bowed corner. The ground floor of Nos 3 and 4 is channelled, with No 4 slightly advanced. Entrances are located in the second and fourth bays from the left, featuring timber panelled doors with fanlights—bordered for No 3 and with plate glass for No 4. The public house has a decorative timber and stone front, complete with Ionic pilasters and semicircular stained glass upper lights, as well as a fanlight above the door. The three-bay bowed corner above is slightly recessed and has blind windows in the outer bays.

The southeast elevation, facing Warriston Crescent, includes a three-bay side extension of the bar over the basement area to the left, with blind windows in the centre bay above. The entrances for Nos 52 and 53 Warriston Crescent are timber panelled doors with plate glass fanlights, approached by a stair platt over the basement area. The bowed corner bay to the right features a single window on each floor and is slightly recessed. The stonework is noted to be in poor repair as of 1999.

The northeast elevation is four bays wide and regularly fenestrated, with blind windows on all floors except the basement in the first bay to the left. The entrance is located in the second bay from the left at basement level.

The windows are a mix of 12-pane glazing and plate glass in timber sash and case style. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are stone skews and coped ashlar stacks with circular cans.

The property is complemented by spear-headed cast-iron railings along the street, featuring pine-cones at the corners and a handrail leading to the steps of Nos 4 and 5.