28 Howard Place, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh

12 Howard Place is a terrace of paired, mirrored two-storey, three-bay houses with basements, built between 1809 and 1820 by James Gillespie Graham. The terrace steps up towards the north and features small front gardens and larger gardens at the rear, enclosed by low walls with railings, some of which are missing. There is a break in the terrace for the entrance to Warriston Park, located between Nos 26 and 27. The houses are constructed of sandstone ashlar, with channelled ground floors and dividing courses between the basement and ground floors, as well as between the ground and first floors. Eaves cornices and a blocking course complete the design. Access to the principal entrances is provided by arched stone platts over the basement areas, with stone steps leading down to the basement entrances, all behind railings.

The principal elevation features bull-faced ashlar to the basements of Nos 5-26, with a cill course at the first floor. Above this, there is droved ashlar to the first floor, and a dentilled cornice is present at No 20. For Nos 27-32, the basement is finished in droved ashlar, while the first floor is in polished ashlar, with panelled aprons at the windows on both the ground and first floors of Nos 29-32. The timber panelled doors, some flush-panelled like at No 17, include fanlights above, with decorative designs such as a sunburst at Nos 13 and 15, an umbrella motif at Nos 9 and 25, and five horizontally arranged ovals at Nos 27 and 28.

The windows predominantly feature 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case style, with some alterations to window openings at the basements of Nos 10 and 18. The mansard roof at No 29 includes two dormers and is covered with graded grey slates and stone skews. The corniced ashlar stacks, some of which have been rebuilt, have circular cans.

The boundary walls and railings consist of low walls with droved ashlar coping surrounding all front gardens. The cast-iron railings feature curved handrails on the stair platts, and the boundary walls and basement areas of most houses are topped with predominantly fleur-de-lys railings, some featuring fleury crosses or pine-cones at the gateposts. There are a few railing-mounted cast-iron light fittings, with one intact between Nos 21 and 22, although few original gates remain.