24 Calton Hill, Edinburgh

Later 18th century. Terraced tenement on elevated site above street level; 4-bay (front and rear elevations) 4-storey and attic. Random rubble with dressed margins. Dormer-headed windows breaking eaves. Long and short dressed quoins.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: timber-panelled door with lozenge-pattern letterbox fanlight, flanked by 2 windows to left, 1 to right. Cast iron window guards (see Notes) to 1st floor cills.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: modern 2- story timber and concrete extension to centre. Nepus gable at centre flanked to left and right by dormerheaded window breaking eaves; canted tripartite timber dormers to outer right and left bays to roof above.

W ELEVATION: only upper storeys visible; remainder concealed by No. 20-22 adjoining (see separate List description). Window to outer left bay to 3rd and 4th floors; window to outer right to 3rd floor.

GLAZING etc: predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to side sections of canted dormers; modern glazing to rear extension. Dormers have timber fascias with grey slate haffits and piend roofs. 4 rooflights to roof to S elevation. Pitched roof; graded grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. Rendered gablehead stacks with circular cans to W gable and N nepus gable; ridge stack to E.

BOUNDARY WALLS: To front, paved ramp leading to stone steps (modern handrails); high rubble retaining walls with stone copes and dressed quoins flanking left and right. Slightly concave curved returns of walls flank beginning of pathway, then drop to dwarf level for remainder of length. To rear, high rubble wall with stone copes enclosing garden area.