2, 4, 6, 8, 10 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh

Robert Brown, 1825. 4-storey and basement, terraced tenement. Broached ashlar sandstone, polished at principal floor. Cill course at 1st floor; projecting cills at 2nd floor; cill course at 3rd floor; blocking course and cornice at 3rd floor. Ashlar entrance platts and steps oversailing basement.

NW (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 6-bay, with slightly recessed 3-window bowed corner bay at right, comprising basket-arched wrought-iron gateway with overthrow, ring details and pagoda-capped lamp, spanning steps to basement public house; regular fenestration to floors above, with pawn-broker sign to right of centre at 1st floor. St Stephen Street elevation with 3 3-bay and single 2-bay shop fronts; variety of glazed doors and multi-pane square fanlights, plate glass and lying-pane windows; recessed common stair door to right of centre, flush-panelled with 6-pane fanlight; part-infilled door in penultimate bay from right, fanlight remaining as window. Steps to basement with regular openings in bays. Regular fenestration to floors above, with pawn-broker sign centred at 1st floor.

SW (23-24 NORTH WEST CIRCUS PLACE) ELEVATION: 3-bay, with 5-bay pilastraded shop front, with continuous cornice, at ground, comprising 3-bay shop front to right, modern timber door with rectangular fanlight, at centre, flanked by plate glass windows; 2-bay shop from to left, comprising 2-leaf 4-panel door to left, plate glass window to right. Regular fenestration to floors above, with blind windows in bays to left at all floors; pawn-broker sign to right of centre at 1st floor.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge stacks; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings, some fleur-de-lis baluster heads, some pineapple finials.