5 Belgrave Place, Edinburgh

6 Belgrave Place in Edinburgh is an extensive terrace of townhouses designed by Alex W McNaughton in 1880. The buildings are three stories high with a basement and feature two bays in a classical style. They have prominent three-light full-height canted bays and are situated on a gently sloping site. The exterior is made of sandstone ashlar, with the basement being droved. The entrance platts extend over the basement, and there is a banded base course along with a banded string course at the first and second floors. The ground floor has a moulded cill course, while moulded cornices adorn the canted bays at the first and second floors. The eaves course is also corniced. The doorways are corniced and feature large foliate console brackets, rectangular fanlights, and narrow sidelights, with predominantly timber two-leaf, six-panel doors. The first-floor windows have moulded architraves, and the second-floor windows have bracketed cills.

The west (rear) elevation is constructed of coursed squared rubble, with some droved ashlar quoins, rybats, cills, and lintels. The fenestration is roughly regular, with some paired windows on the first and second floors.

Inside, the property features a decorative classical scheme with well-detailed cornicing and some wall panelling. The large first-floor drawing rooms at the front, which include the bay, boast elaborate cornicing and large marble fireplaces. The cornicing continues throughout the building, though it is less elaborate on the upper floors. There has been some later subdivision, noted in 2009. The grand entrance halls include columns in No. 5.

The windows are made of plate glass in timber sash and case frames. The building has a mansard roof covered with grey slates, and there are corniced ashlar ridge stacks with octagonal clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods are present, as well as cast-iron railings edging the basement area to the street.