29 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh

William Playfair, designed 1825, built 1826-1833. Part of long terrace of 34 classical 3-bay townhouses; originally 2-storey, attic and basement elevations (many have additional later 3rd storeys) punctuated by 2 18-bay, 3-storey pavilions with 3-bay advanced sections to each end (Nos 11-16 and 23-28) and with 12-bay, 3-storey section to the western end (Nos 1-4); terrace stepped down at intervals to follow slope of road. Painted droved ashlar to basement; polished ashlar to upper floors; predominantly coursed squared rubble with dressed margins to rear elevation. To principal elevation: base course; dividing band between basement and ground floor; dividing band and cornice between ground and 1st floors; to 1st floor, continuous cast-iron trellis balcony with Greek key border; band course dividing 1st and 2nd floors; 2nd floor cill course; eaves cornice; blocking course. Doorpiece of fluted attached Greek Doric columns. Regular fenestration to principal elevation; architraved windows to ground and 1st floors; panelled aprons to ground floor windows; predominantly regular fenestration to rear elevation.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3-storey, basement and attic elevation. To basement, to centre bay, timber panelled door with 4-light fanlight; windows to left and right. To ground floor, to right bay, steps and platt overarching basement recess leading to 2-leaf timber-panelled door with letterbox fanlight. Box dormer to roof.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 2-bay elevation, 3-storey and attic. 2 dormer windows (1 bipartite) to roof. Eaves course.

GLAZING etc: predominantly plate glass to front elevation; 12-pane glazing to basement to front elevation; predominantly 2-pane bottom sashes and 8-pane top sashes to rear elevation; glazing predominantly in timber sash and case windows. Platform roof; graded grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. To E and W, corniced mutual ridge stacks preceded by individual octangular flues to front; predominantly circular cans.

RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: to front, edging basement recess and platt, stone coping surmounted by cast-iron railings with dog bars, spear-head finials and distinctive circled border. To rear, forming boundary of garden, random rubble walls with predominantly flat coping.

INTERIOR: subdivided into flats. To ground floor: to lobby, secondary timber-panelled and glazed door, geometric tiled floor, round-headed niche to right, screen of pilasters and fluted Ionic columns; excellent plasterwork; to former dining room, black marble chimneypiece, corniced and pilastered doorpieces, good plasterwork; to rear room (W), classical black marble chimneypiece, good plasterwork, curved corners to window end of room. Stone cantilevered stairs (altered to ground floor) with timber balusters and newel, rectangular cupola, good plasterwork to stairwell ceiling and landings.