2 Randolph Lane, Edinburgh

Designed by James Gillespie Graham in 1822, this is a 3-storey building with attic and basement, forming part of a 26-bay classical terrace with a concave curved frontage. The terrace comprises an 18-bay linking section flanked by advanced 4-bay terminal pavilions.

The main building is constructed in polished ashlar sandstone with V-jointed rustication at principal floor level and broached ashlar sandstone at basement. Band courses run between basement and principal floor, and between principal and first floor. A string course marks the impost level of the terminal pavilions, with a cill course at second floor and cornices at second floor and attic, topped by a blocking course.

On the principal (west) elevation of the linking terrace, every third bay from the right features 4-panel former 2-leaf timber doors with variety of plate-glass and rectilinear 4-pane rectangular fanlights. The remaining bays at principal floor contain windows in round-arched recesses, with regular fenestration above. The first floor has architraved windows with cornices; the second floor has architraved windows. A flagged basement area fronts the elevation.

The terminal pavilions each comprise 4 bays. Both are flanked by Doric pilasters at first and second floors, with panelled pilasters at third floor. The right terminal pavilion (No 1) features a door with plate-glass semicircular fanlight in the bay to the right of centre at principal floor, with regular fenestration elsewhere. The left terminal pavilion (No 8) has a panelled timber door with fanlight, again with regular fenestration throughout. Both basement areas are flagged with predominantly vertically-boarded timber doors to cellars. Ashlar steps and entrance platts overstail the basement.

The south-west (Randolph Place) elevation is 5-bay. The north-west (Great Stuart Street) elevation is 4-bay. The interiors have not been inspected (as of 1998), though evidence of working panelled shutters was noted.

Cast-iron railings with decorative balusters and finials surmount ashlar copes.

The mews buildings (Nos 2 and 3–9 odd numbers) date from the earlier 19th century and comprise a single 2-storey mews building and a row of 4 mews buildings. They are predominantly coursed rubble with broached ashlar dressings and raised cills.

No 2 is partly obscured by adjoining buildings. It comprises a modern 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber door in a former segmental-arched gateway at ground level to the right, and a bipartite casement window at first floor to the right. A recessed single-storey wall to the right contains an opening.

No 3 is 3-bay with a modern iron staircase to a pedestrian entrance at first floor of the south gable. It features a pair of segmental-arched openings at ground with 2-leaf 16-panel timber garage doors (upper centre panels glazed, upper outer panels louvred) to the left, and 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber garage doors to the right with timber infilled upper panels and stone lintel. Irregular fenestration at first floor is surmounted by a square-headed dormer breaking the eaves at outer left.

No 5 is 4-bay with three openings at ground: a modern vertically-boarded garage door at centre, flanked by a 2-leaf panelled timber garage door to the left and a 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber garage door with pair of square glazed upper panels to the right. A 4-panel timber pedestrian door with plate-glass rectangular fanlight is positioned at outer right at ground level. Three windows are irregularly spaced at first floor.

No 7 is 3-bay with a pair of segmental-arched openings at ground fitted with 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber garage doors with pairs of square glazed upper panels. A panelled timber door is at outer right at ground. A window at first floor to the right is accompanied by a bipartite gabletted dormerhead breaking the eaves at left.

No 9 is 3-bay on a corner site. At ground level is an opening with 2-leaf vertically-boarded timber garage doors with stone lintel to the left, and a modern multi-pane canted bow with panelled base in a former opening to the right. Three irregularly spaced windows appear at first floor, including a gabletted dormerhead breaking the eaves to the left. A single-bay return to the right comprises a modern vertically-boarded timber pedestrian door and window centred at ground and first floor respectively.

Throughout the mews, windows are predominantly timber sash and case. Grey slate roofs feature some modern skylights. Cast-iron rainwater goods are present. Broached ashlar ridge, wallhead and gablehead stacks are corniced with circular cans.