34, 36, 38 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh

William H Playfair, designed 1825; built from 1825. Classical, near-symmetrical, 3-storey, basement and attic, corner block. Polished ashlar; droved ashlar (painted to Windsor Street elevation) to basement; predominantly rendered to attic floor and SW gable; squared coursed rubble with dressed margins to rear. Base course; band course dividing basement and ground floor; cill course (defaced) to 1st and 2nd floors; band course and main cornice dividing 2nd and attic floors; eaves cornice and blocking course. Regular fenestration; sunken panelled aprons to ground floor windows; architraves (some defaced) to ground, 1st and 2nd floors to Windsor Street elevation.

NW (WINDSOR STREET) ELEVATION: 5-bay elevation. To ground floor, to centre bay, platt overarching basement recess leading to timber-panelled door with distinctive 5-light letterbox fanlight.

N (MONTGOMERY STREET) ELEVATION: 7-bay elevation. To ground floor, to 3rd and 4th bays from left, mutual steps and platt leading to timber-panelled doors with distinctive 5-light letterbox fanlight; painted margins to doorway to 3rd bay.

GLAZING etc: predominantly 12-pane glazing; 4-pane glazing to ground floor to Windsor Street; plate glass to attic floor to Windsor Street (to bottom sashes only to 1st and 2nd bays from left); glazing predominantly in timber sash and case windows. M-pitched roof (piended to SW end); grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. To centre, 2 corniced ashlar stacks; to E, corniced gablehead stack; to SE, rendered wallhead stack; predominantly circular cans.

RAILINGS: edging basement recess and platts, cast-iron railings with spear-head finials, spear-headed dog bars and circular patterned border.