10 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh

William Playfair, designed 1825, built 1826-1833. Part of the long terrace of 34 classical 3-bay townhouses; originally 2-storey, attic and basement elevations (many have additional later 3rd storeys) punctuated by 2 18-bay, 3-storey pavilions with 3-bay advanced sections to each end (Nos 11-16 and 23-28); terrace stepped down at intervals to follow slope of road. Droved painted ashlar to basement; polished ashlar to upper floors; predominantly coursed squared rubble with dressed margins to rear elevation. To principal elevation: base course; dividing band between basement and ground floor; dividing band and cornice between ground and 1st floors; to 1st floor, continuous cast-iron trellis balcony with Greek key border; band course dividing 1st and 2nd floors; 2nd floor cill course; eaves cornice; blocking course. Doorpiece of fluted attached Greek Doric columns. Regular fenestration to principal elevation; architraved windows to ground and 1st floors; panelled aprons to ground floor windows; predominantly regular fenestration to rear elevation.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3-storey and basement elevation; 4-bay basement. To basement, to inner right bay, timber panelled door with 3-light fanlight in segmentally-headed opening; windows to remaining bays. To ground floor, to right bay, steps and platt overarching basement recess leading to 2-leaf timber-panelled door with triple-circle glazed letterbox fanlight.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 4-bay elevation with full height wing to inner left bay, with additional piend-roofed (with glazed apex) single-storey extension to ground floor. Eaves course.

GLAZING etc: predominantly 4-pane glazing to front elevation; predominantly 12-pane glazing to rear elevation and to basement to front elevation, to 1st floor, 16-lying-pane glazing to right bays; glazing predominantly in timber sash and case windows. M-roof with central valley; graded grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. To E and W, corniced mutual ridge stack, preced to E by individual octagonal flues; to rear wing, gablehead stack; predominantly circular cans. To front elevation, cast-iron down pipe with ornamental hopper.

RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: to front, edging basement recess and platt, stone coping surmounted by cast-iron railings with dog bars, spear-head finials and distinctive circled border. To rear, forming boundary of garden, random rubble walls with predominantly flat coping.

INTERIOR: to ground floor: to lobby, compartmented ceiling, good plasterwork, 19th century painted frieze (see Notes), pilastered timber screen with part glazed door to centre flanked by margin light with painted glass, plaque above (see Notes). To 1st floor: to former drawing room, good plasterwork, double pilastered and corniced doorpiece; some good plaster work to remainder of 1st floor. Stone cantilevered stairs with ornate cast-iron balusters.