Romanes And Paterson, 61-62 Princes Street, Edinburgh

Romanes and Paterson, located at 61-62 Princes Street in Edinburgh, is a building from the later 18th century that was remodeled in the French Empire style by Robert Raeburn in 1870. It features three storeys and an attic, originally part of a four-bay section of a former tenement. The facade is made of painted droved ashlar with polished dressings.

On the right side, there is a plain bay with an emergency door, which is architraved and has a multi-pane fanlight and cornice. Above this, the architraved windows can be found. The modern ground floor has been built out over a basement area to the left, while the first floor is also built out, showcasing arched windows between channelled pilasters and with quadrant corners, topped with a bracketed cornice and a pierced parapet. The second floor features segmental-headed windows, with a canted window at the centre. The eaves cornice is bracketed, and the canted dormer consists of three arched windows, although the truncated pavilion roof has missing brattishing.

The rear elevation is four storeys high, with a four-bay design made of dressed rubble. The building has timber sash and case plate glass windows, ashlar coped skews, a stone stack, grey slates, and rooflights. There are also two flagpoles on the balcony.

Inside, there is a top-lit saloon at the rear, a timber stair leading to the first floor, and a secondary stair to the second floor cafe. Cornices are present throughout the interior.