15, 17, 19, 21A William Street, Edinburgh

Probably Robert Brown, 1824-5. Extensive 3-storey and basement, plain classical commercial terrace with early 19th century shop premises to ground floor. 2 bays returning to William Street NE Lane. All on ground falling to N. Later addition to No. 31 at ground floor with flat lead roof. Smooth sandstone ashlar, painted at ground floor to S elevation. Coursed squared rubble with long and short ashlar quoins to E elevation. Corniced fascia. Banded cill course at 1st and 2nd floors. Corniced eaves course with narrow blocking course above.

W (WILLIAM STREET NE LANE) ELEVATION: roughly 4 storeys and 2 bays. Ground falling to N. Painted rubble to ground and lower ground floors. Tooled rybats to openings. Relieving arch at 1st floor window.

NORTH (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-storey 24-bay roughly squared and coursed rubble with tooled long and short quoin stones. Irregular fenestration with tooled rybats lintels and cills.

Varied arrangement to shop fronts, some plate glass and some fixed 12-pane timber shop windows. 12-pane timber sash and case windows to 1st and 2nd floors. Corniced gable end stacks with modern clay cans, corniced ashlar ridge stacks, ashlar skews. Cast iron railings to street edging basement recess where present. Cast-iron rainwater goods.