Drumsheugh Toll, 1, 2, 3 Belford Road, Edinburgh

George Washington Browne, 1891. 2 storeys to Belford Road and 5 storeys to Bell's Brae on site falling steeply to N. Roughly 5-bay, irregular-plan Tudor style studio house with free Tudor interior, now subdivided into 3 offices and single residential dwelling to Belford Road (2008). Crenellated and pyramid roofed central entrance tower; deep bracketed eaves. Advanced gabled and barge boarded bay to left (W) of tower with half timbered glazed upper storey; single storey block to far left (W). Coursed random rubble, red sandstone dressings. Deep red stucco base course imprinted with letter H, eagles and thistles. Red sandstone cill course at 1st floor; band course to tower. Canopied entrance doorway with large curvilinear timber brackets. Bipartite and tripartite windows at ground and 1st floor; continuous round arched windows to half timbered bay.

REAR ELEVATION (BELL'S BRAE): roughly 12 bays, 5 storeys with lower 5-bay block to E, tile hung at 1st floor. Crenellated sandstone tower on mock machiolation to centre with half timbered bays and small bartizan to right (W). Coursed rubble; red sandstone ashlar to tower and bartizan; timber and stucco at 3rd floor. Banded string course at 2nd floor. Tripartite mullioned studio window to gable at 3rd floor. Moulded timber surrounds to half timbered bays at 3rd floor; arcade of studio windows in tall round arched surrounds at 4th floor.

E ELEVATION: roughly 4-bay, 2-storey to Belford Road with ground falling steeply to N. Slightly advanced gable to S with canted timber bay off-centre at ground floor. Moulded string course at 1st floor. Irregular fenestration with tripartite window to left of centre (S) at ground floor.

W ELEVATION: irregular elevation, advanced single storey block to right (S). Small rectangular dormers flanking tall wallhead stack. Irregular fenestration.

INTERIOR TO BELFORD ROAD: free Tudor interior; originally a single dwelling with separate accommodation in lower storeys to Bell's Brae. Now converted into offices (2008). Principal entrance leads into timber panelled hall with large fireplace to right (E), open plan to panelled studio at rear with large leaded windows giving onto balcony. Similar room above on 1st floor with addition of small room to NE corner in turret. Some strapwork ceilings on both ground and 1st floor with circle, diamond and vesica motifs. Small tiled (possibly 17th century Flemish) alcoves at 1st floor to S rooms. Some cast-iron and brick fire surrounds throughout with timber mantels; some painted.

Predominantly plate glass in timber sash and case, with distinctive geometric leadwork to timbered gables and 1st floor windows to S façade. Pitched roof of grey slates with clay ridge, pyramidal to central tower with wrought-iron weathervane. Cast-iron rainwater goods.