58 Queen Street, Edinburgh

Circa 1790. 3-storey basement and attic, 3-bay former terraced classical house. Droved Craigleith sandstone ashlar. Channelled rustication at ground; 1st floor cill course. To right, pilastered doorcase containing tripartite doorway with stepped back cornice, 9-pane door, semicircular fanlight (modern timber) and etched sidelights. Pair of large pedimented canted timber dormers.

Coursed rubble 3-storey rear elevation with 2 large slate hung dormers.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows (plate glass to dormers). Ashlar coped mutual skews (lead covered to E); broad dressed stone mutual stacks (rebuilt to W); grey slates.

INTERIOR: entrance lobby with simple enriched ceiling; arcaded screen with panelled pilasters and fanlights (compare with No 48) leads to stairhall; deep longitudinal central curving cantilevered stair, with broadening landings, fitted into rectangular space; plain square iron banisters, cast-iron tray rests at all floors. Former Dining Room with pilastered sideboard niche, painted chimneypiece. At 1st floor, former Drawing Room with dentilled cornice with swagged frieze, dado rail, grey marble columned chimneypiece; rear left room with stripped timber chimneypiece with gesso enrichments.

RAILINGS: cast-iron spearhead railings.