22 Rutland Street, Edinburgh

Archibald Elliot, 1819 (planned), 1830 (construction started), with later alterations and additions. 2-storey and attic over basement, 9-bay remaining SW part of palace-fronted terrace, divided into 3 3-bay houses (converted as offices), adjoining former Caledonian Station entrance screen to left (NE) and pavilion end of terrace (No 28 Rutland Street and No 1 Rutland Square, listed separately) to right (SW). Broached ashlar sandstone at basement; polished ashlar above with polished dressings. Band course between basement and ground floors; cill course to 1st floor; string course below cornice; coped baluster parapet. Moulded architraves to openings; consoled and corniced doors. Cast-iron semi-eliptical anthemion and palmette balconies at 1st floor to number 22. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: bays divided 3-3-3. Segmental-arched doorways with timber doors and 3-light fanlights, in central bays at basement; windows flanking. Timber panelled door with large rectangular fanlight in bay to left of centre at ground floor to each 3-bay block; regular fenestration elsewhere. Continuous 5-light modern box dormer over central block; similar 6-light modern box dormers over flanking blocks.

NE ELEVATION: centred stair window pushes up returned cill course between ground and 1st floors; 2 windows, closely disposed to outer right at 1st floor.

SW ELEVATION: obscured by adjoining building.

SE ELEVATION: not seen 2000.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows; 2-pane timber sash and case windows to No 22. Grey slate roof. Tall, multi-flue, coped ashlar and rendered stacks at 3-bay intervals. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen 2000.

RAILINGS AND LAMP STANDARDS: spear-headed, cast-iron railings on ashlar copes (plain up steps to doors), with railing-mounted ornamental cast-iron lamp standards with glass globes to numbers 22 and 26.