22 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh

John Chesser, 1875-1879. 4-bay with basement end block, linking the short terrace, Nos 23-31, with its longer remainder, Nos 1-21 Douglas Crescent (see separate list descriptions). Polished, channelled sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; droved sandstone to basement. Base course; band course between ground and 1st floors and 1st and 2nd floors, corniced at canted bay to outer right and advanced bay to outer left; cill course to these bays at 2nd floor; bracketed block cills to 2 central bays at 2nd floor; dentilled cornice; blocking course to canted and advanced bays; margins to window openings, centre bays; doorpiece comprising consoled cornice to pilastered, keystoned, depressed-arch opening containing panelled timber door flanked by narrow lights with segmental-arched fanlight.

FRONT ELEVATION: canted bay at right, with lights to 2 faces at right; part-glazed door and fanlight to right of platt; window beneath platt; window to bay to left; bipartite to outer left; doorpiece to penultimate bay to ground; single window to both floors above; window to bay to left and to both floors above; bipartite to slightly advanced bay to outer left and to both floors above; 3 lights to canted bay, at ground, 1st and 2nd floors.

2-pane timber sash and case glazing; grey slate roof; coped sandstone ashlar stacks with tall moulded cans; cast-iron rainwater goods.

RAILINGS: spike-finialled railings to street (set in coping), and to ashlar steps and oversailing entrance platts.