40-42 York Place, Edinburgh

Later 18th century. 3-storey, attic and basement, 5-bay terraced classical house. Broached ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor; rock-faced rustication at basement. Base course; band courses between basement and principal floor, principal and 1st floor; cill courses at 1st and 2nd floors; dentilled cornice and blocking course at 2nd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorway centred at principal floor, comprising 9-panel timber door with radial semicircular fanlight; windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above and basement. Flagged basement area.

W ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (38 and 38A York Place).

E (YORK LANE) ELEVATION: 3-bay gable, with slightly advanced left half. Predominantly stugged and squared rubble; broached ashlar at 1st floor; long and short quoins. Forestair with ashlar-parapetted landing from York Place to panelled timber door with 3-pane rectangular fanlight, to left of centre between principal and 1st floor; bipartite window to right of centre. Windows to left and right of centre between 1st and 2nd floor. Round-arched windows to left of centre at 2nd floor; window to right of centre at 2nd floor. Window to outer left at attic.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: not seen, 1998.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Pair of slate-hung box dormers. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge and gablehead stacks; coped, with circular cans. Coped skews.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1998.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by cast-iron railings with spear-headed and urn finials.

BOUNDARY WALL: random and coursed rubble wall, coped, and stepped down to N, surmounted by forestair parapet to left. Infilled pedestrian wall to right; modern vertically-boarded timber door in pedestrian gate with concrete lintel; pair of modern garage doors with concrete lintel, to outer right.