17, 19, 21 India Street, Edinburgh

Traquair Dobson, 1823. 4-storey and basement, 8-bay near-symmetrical tenement in terraced site. Broached sandstone ashlar, channelled at principal floor. Cill course to 1st and 2nd floors; band course to principal floor; blocking course. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: flush-panelled common stair door to right of centre, with flush-panelled doors in bays 3rd from right and 3rd from left; rectangular fanlights; windows in remaining principal floor bays. Regular fenestration to floors above. Contemporary cast-iron balconies in 4 bays to left at 3rd floor. Flagged basement area; coped broached retaining walls; vertically boarded timber doors to cellars.

S ELEVATION (JAMAICA STREET WEST RETURN): broached rubble; windows at centre to all floors.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered ridge stack at centre, rendered gablehead stack to N, ashlar gablehead stack to S; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS AND LAMPS: ashlar copes, surmounted by cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis balusters and pineapple finials. Cast-iron railing-mounted lamps with glass globes.