4 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh

1790-1800. Classical, near-symmetrical semi-detached L-plan villa with single / 2-storey rear jamb (see Notes) and columned doorpiece; 4-bay, 2-storey and attic principal elevation. V-jointed smooth rustication to ground floor; polished ashlar above (coursed and random rubble with droved quoins and margins to side; droved ashlar to rear). Predominantly regular fenestration.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: steps up to timber-panelled door with letterbox fanlight with radiating glazing pattern; doorpiece of detached Roman Doric columns supporting entablature. Dividing band between ground and 1st floor; cill band to 1st floor; eaves cornice; blocking course. 2 later tripartite dormers to roof.

SE (SIDE) ELEVATION: recessed elevation of rear jamb to left; gable-end of main block to right. Timber-panelled door with multi-pane fanlight to far right of jamb; window to left to ground floor. To gable-end, window to left to ground and 1st floor; smaller window to left and right to attic floor. Eaves course to jamb and return of gable-end.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: single storey, single bay, slightly recessed section with bipartite window to left. To right, adjoining, 2-storey elevation with shallow projecting bow to centre; tripartite window to ground floor; Venetian window to 1st floor; eaves course.

GLAZING etc: predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; 4-pane glazing to bipartite window to rear and centre section of tripartite and Venetian window; plate glass glazing to flanking lights and window to left of side elevation; plate glass glazing in timber top hung upper casement and fixed lower frames to dormers. Slate haffits and piended slate roofs to dormers; cupola to roof to rear. Pitched roof to main block and single storey rear section; piend roof to rear jamb; graded grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. 1 rendered, corniced gablehead stack to SE gable; rendered corniced ridge stack to NW; circular cans to both stacks.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND RAILINGS: enclosing front garden, rendered wall with droved coping, surmounted by spear-head and urn finialled cast-iron railings; to centre, pair of panelled and corniced ashlar gatepiers; single rendered pier with pyramidal coping to outer left corner.