20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Rothesay Terrace, Edinburgh

R H Watherston and A Craig (of J. Watherston and Sons), built 1906 -1907. 5-storey and basement (6 storeys to rear (N) irregular plan tenement block in plain classical style. Set at corner, on ground falling steeply to N; slightly advanced from line of terrace to E; angled corner bays. Sandstone ashlar; channelled at ground floor. Banded base course. Moulded cill course at ground, 1st and 2nd floors. Deep corniced cill course at 4th floors. Corniced eaves course. Full-height 3-light corniced canted bays; bipartite architraved windows to S; full height bowed bays to W.

W (DOUGLAS GARDENS) ELEVATION: advanced section to left (N) with full height bowed bays and rectangular tripartite bays to far left (W). Prominent stone parapet with cast-iron lamp to right, leading to doorway in re-entrant angle right. Regular fenestration; prominent wallhead stack to far right.

Predominantly plate glass in timber sash and case windows; some plate glass over 2-pane timber casements to larger windows. Bowed glazing to bays at W elevation. Double pitch M-section roof. Corniced ashlar ridge parapet and gable end stacks with modern clay cans. Cast-iron railings on ashlar coping stone edging basement recess to street at S elevation. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: includes lift access to flats.