24 Marlborough Street, Portobello, Edinburgh

Early 19th century, with earlier outshot to rear (see NOTES); later additions and alterations. Single storey, symmetrical 3-bay, rectangular-plan classical house. Painted droved ashlar; painted rubble side and rear elevations with droved ashlar margins. Base course, dentilled cornice and blocking course.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: advanced bay to centre, with tablet to blocking course with painted and carved house name. 2 shallow steps to central tripartite doorway; 9 flush-panelled door; reeded pilasters; radial semicircular fanlight. Windows to flanking bays with projecting cills. Later slightly recessed wall to left, to height of eaves, with coping and door to centre, fronting later timber lean-to.

SE (REAR) ELEVATION: square-plan outshot to centre with later openings. Windows to flanking bays; dormers, added c.1990, flanking central wallhead stack. Conservatory, added c.1990, to rear of outshot.

INTERIOR: (seen 2010) entrance hall with flagstone floor and elaborately detailed cornicing. Moulded cornicing to front reception rooms. Working window shutters. Roofspace partially converted to bedroom c. 1990.

Predominantly 12-pane in timber sash and case windows. Grey graded-slate piended roof. Harled and coped wallhead stacks with cylindrical clay cans to centre of side and rear elevations.

BOUNDARY WALL: rubble with coping; cast-iron replacement railings.