1, 2, 3 Brunton Place, Edinburgh

Designed by John Chesser, built by Laurie and Scott, 1888. Classical 4-storey tenement range of common stair and main door flats; 9-bay elevation (8-bay to ground floor). Polished ashlar (coursed rubble with dressed margins to rear). Base course; dividing band between ground and 1st floors; moulded cill course to 1st floor; cill band to 2nd floor; modillioned cornice dividing 2nd and 3rd floors; cill band to 3rd floor; eaves cornice; blocking course. Predominantly regular fenestration; architraves to 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor windows.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: to central bay to ground floor, timber-panelled door (access to common stair) with letterbox fanlight, framed by doorpiece of 2 engaged fluted Greek Doric columns supporting entablature and pediment breaking 1st floor cill course; flanked to left and right by 3-bay groupings comprising narrow windows with extended cills to inner bays, timber-panelled doors (access to main door flat) with letterbox fanlight, framed by Greek Doric pilasters with slightly projecting entablature above to centre bays and windows with recessed surrounds and aprons to outer bays.

GLAZING etc: predominantly plate glass in timber sash and case windows. Pitched roof to front and rear elevations with flat or near-flat section to centre; graded grey slates; stone skews and skewputts. Mutual ridge stacks to far right and left; 3 stacks to front pitch; wallhead stack to rear; all stacks rendered and corniced with circular and octagonal cans.