32 William Street, Edinburgh

Probably Robert Brown, 1824-5. Extensive 3-storey and basement, plain classical commercial terrace with earlier 19th century shop premises ground floor. Sandstone ashlar, droved to basement and smooth to 1st and 2nd floors. Entrance platts oversailing basement. Band course between ground and 1st floor. Corniced eaves course. Some blind windows, irregularly spaced. Painted shop fascias. The south (rear) elevation is roughly squared rubble with droved ashlar dressings and irregular fenestration.

Large plate glass and fixed 12-pane timber windows to earlier 19th century shop fronts. 12-pane timber sash and case windows at 1st and 2nd floors and to rear. Corniced ashlar gable end and ridge chimney stacks with modern clay cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lys finials to basement recess.