7 West Brighton Crescent, Portobello, Edinburgh

John Baxter, of Portobello, circa 1826. Single storey with basement to rear, 3-bay with receded bay to right, classical house. Polished ashlar to ground; droved ashlar to half-basement; droved receded bay to left; rubble to side elevations and to rear (with droved sandstone dressings). Band course between ground level and floor; moulded string course at lintel height; cornice and blocking course; segmental-arched recesses to each opening.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; 5 concrete steps with originla cast-iron handrails to centre, panelled door with plate glass rectangular fanlight above; windows to flanking bays. Window to extension to left.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: asymmetrical; later alterations to fenestration. Door slightly off centre at basement (only access to basement). Garden door from ground at outer left of extension to SE.

12-pane timber sash and case windows; bay to left at rear later changed to 16-lying pane timber casement window. Piended slate roof; rendered and coped wallhead stacks at side elevations (squared to SE).

INTERIOR: shutters in place and in working order; original cornices.

BOUNDARY WALLS: droved ashlar with coping to front, formerly with railings; rubble and brick garden walls to rear.