8 St Bernard's Crescent, Edinburgh

James Milne, 1824. Crescented terrace of 2-storey and basement, 3-bay townhouses in plain Greek classical style, with prominent fluted Greek Doric colonnade at ground floor. Sandstone ashlar. Entrance platts oversailing basement area recess to street. Banded base course. Continuous colonnade of fluted Greek Doric columns in antis at ground floor with plain frieze and moulded cornice with continuous cast iron balconies above; corniced eaves course with balustraded parapet. Inset doorways with boarded timber 4-panel doors and rectangular fanlights (various geometric glazing patterns). Tall rectangular moulded architraved and corniced 1st floor windows. Some later piended dormers to No.4.

S (REAR) ELEVATION: some coursed squared rubble, some random rubble, droved ashlar rybats, cills and lintels. Roughly regular fenestration. Some cast iron balconies at 1st floor.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows, predominantly 4- over 12-lying pane glazing at 1st floor. Double-pitched roof; grey slates. Corniced ashlar ridge stacks with some clay cans. Cast-iron railings edging basement area recess to street, incorporating some decorative lamp standards with large bowl shades.

INTERIOR: (selection of interiors seen 2010) classical decorative scheme, characterised by intricate plasterwork and large drawing rooms. Large entrance vestibules with cornicing, stone stairs with well-detailed cast iron balustrade and timber handrail, topped by large cupolas with decorative plasterwork beneath. Large ground and 1st floor drawing rooms to front contains highly decorative plasterwork and some large marble fireplaces. Decorative plasterwork detailing continues throughout. Working window shutters. Some later conversion to flats.