Douglas Hotel, 35 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

James Craig, 1769; extended E by Archibald Elliot, 1819; NE wing Peddie & Kinnear, 1865; restored by Ben Tindall Architects, 1989. Symmetrical 3-storey and basement classical former house on corner site with forecourt of Dundas House. Polished cream sandstone ashlar (stonecleaned). Channelled basement, giant Ionic order to ground and 1st floors; entablature with fluted frieze, rosettes and dentilled cornice; full ashlar attic storey articulated by piers with ball finials at corners.

W (ST ANDREW SQUARE) ELEVATION: 5-bay. 3 central bays with attached columns, projecting entablature and urns to attic piers. Lowered 2-leaf panelled door with plate glass fanlight at centre.

E ELEVATION: 6-bay; 3 later right bays set back slightly. Wallhead stack.

Timber sash and case windows; 15-pane, 12-pane, 9-pane, 4-pane and plate glass, but consistent within floors and elevations. Piended roof with gable to N; concrete coped skews; grey slates; flagpole.

INTERIOR: mostly of 1819. 3-bay double height columnar screen (Corinthian above Ionic) to imperial stair with tromp l?oeil landscapes of the Forth valley framed by modern pilasters; lit by oculus of ribbed dome on wreathed pendentives; resited doorcase to landing. Front room at 1st floor with Doric frieze (18th century?) and Ionic marble chimneypiece.

LAMP STANDARDS AND RAILINGS: pair of cast-iron lamp standards on ashlar piers flank entrance; simple diamond pattern cast-iron railings on ashlar footings to front.