14 Queen Street, Edinburgh

1787; reconstructed and extended 1838; rear addition by John Chesser, 1852. 4-storey basement and attic to rear, 4-bay former classical club. Polished Craigleith sandstone ashlar facade. Round-headed basement door with fine metal fanlight (probably resited from original doorway above). Droved ashlar basement; base course. At ground, arcaded rustication to original 3 (W) bays with rectangular windows set in; carved scrolled impost course; large porch to E bay with coupled Ionic columns, full entablature and blocking course; 2-leaf panelled doors. Tall windows at 1st floor with cill/band course, moulded architraves, cornices and rosette friezes. Short 2nd floor windows with moulded architraves. Dentilled cornice and frieze as above. 3rd (attic) storey with plain windows, simple cornice.

Irregular rubble rear elevation with full attic storey; E (later) bay projects slightly, with circular stair tower and closet tower, both to 2nd floor only, flanking full-height shallow bow. Single storey and basement link to rear extension.

Timber sash and case 4- and 6-pane windows with secondary glazing. Piended roof; grey slates; dressed stone stacks.

Piended and pitched roofed blocks to rear.

INTERIOR: thoroughly altered and sub-divided. Large Hall with square cantilevered top-lit stair and cast-iron banisters (1838); dentilled cornice with panelling above supports circular cupola. Principal 1st floor rooms include apsidal-ended room with Venetian window (and service stair) to rear. Considerable accommodation in block to rear, partly top-lit former billiard room only note of interest.

FRONT WALLS AND LAMP STANDARDS: low coped wall with base course to front, replacing traditional railings; pair of fine cast-iron lamp standards to porch.