25-29, 29A Castle Street, Edinburgh

1792-4. Symmetrical 3-storey basement and attic 5-bay classical tenement with restaurant at ground and shops in basement, that to S built out into basement area.

CASTLE STREET ELEVATION: droved cream ashlar sandstone with polished dressings. Regular fenestration; pilastered doorpiece at centre; eaves cornice; pair of piend-roofed dormers to outer bays.

ROSE STREET ELEVATION: irregular rubble gable with large stack removed. Mid 19th century decoratively glazed window survives at ground floor left.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows (some plate glass to gable). Ashlar coped skews; rendered mutual stack to N; grey slates.

INTERIOR: shops and restaurant thoroughly adapted. Formerly single flat to each floor. At 1st floor, later glazed screen (not used) and slapped entrance to former 2-bay Drawing room to SW with panelled dado and very fine carved and painted chimneypiece (internal lobby created below swagged cornice); similar 2-bay former Dining room to NW with further fine chimneypiece and recess subdivided off; direct access created to No 23 (see separate listing); 2 plainer chimneypieces to rear. At 2nd floor, flat subdivided with elegant inner lobby; 2-bay SW room with panelled dado and very fine carved and painted chimneypiece with swags and flower baskets; SE room with plainer chimneypiece. Single attic flat.