10 Russell Place, Edinburgh

10 Russell Place is an Italianate house built in 1867, featuring a two-storey, four-bay L-plan design that has been divided into separate units. The entrance and a tower are located in the re-entrant angle of the building. A notable feature is the two-storey semicircular bay with bowed glass, which is adorned with an elegant cast-iron window guard and cresting. The exterior is constructed from squared and snecked stugged sandstone, complemented by droved ashlar dressings, cill bands at both the ground and first floors, and overhanging bracketed eaves. The windows have moulded surrounds, showcasing high-quality detailing throughout.

On the principal (west) elevation, there is a two-bay single-storey entrance porch in the re-entrant angle, which forms part of the base of the tower. The porch features a two-leaf timber panelled door with a semi-circular fanlight above, set in an arched surround with a block-pedimented doorpiece. To the left of the porch is an arched window, with a string band at the springing of the arches. A decorative cast-iron balcony is located to the right bay. The three-stage square tower rises to the left, with narrow rectangular windows at the second stage and arched windows with pilastered jambs in rectangular recesses on the west and south faces of the third stage, topped with a pyramidal roof and bracketed eaves. The advanced left bay features a two-storey semicircular window with curved glass, a battered droved ashlar below the cill at ground level, and a decorative cast-iron window guard at the first floor, along with bracketed eaves and cast-iron cresting on the roof. A small round-arched window is present in the gable. The right bay is regularly fenestrated, with windows set in moulded surrounds and prominent battered quoins below the cills at the corners.

The south elevation is also regularly fenestrated, with windows in moulded surrounds and cill bands at both the ground and first floors, along with a small round-arched window in the gable.

On the north elevation, there are three-light windows with moulded surrounds and stone mullions at the ground and first floors in the pedimented right bay, with cill bands at both levels. The left bay is regularly fenestrated.

The building predominantly features a four-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows, with two panes in the smaller windows. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are corniced coped ashlar stacks with circular cans.

The property is enclosed by a boundary wall made of ashlar-coped coursed sandstone.