26 Straiton Place, Edinburgh

Early 19th century, with later additions (principally dating from circa 1830) and alterations. 2-storey row of terraced houses, set back from road, with principal elevation facing SW. Painted and rendered elevation overlooking Straiton Place, partly harled, partly polished ashlar to principal elevation. Base course to part of SW elevation, shallow base course to NE elevation, cill course, cornice and blocking course to SW elevation.

NE (STRAITON PLACE) ELEVATION: 10 bays; windows irregularly placed at 1st floor, blank to extreme left. Doors to bays 3, 4, 7, 9; fluted Doric columns to corniced porches, now glazed to Nos 24 and 26, plate glass rectangular fanlights above panelled doors to Nos 20-22. Later single storey addition to outer left.

SW ELEVATION: not seen fully, 1994. Grouped 4-3-3-2-2; asymmetrical Georgian-style elevation with various degrees of projection to each bay group. 3-BAY GROUP TO CENTRE: slightly raised bay to centre, modern door, plate glass rectangular fanlight, Doric columns flanking, moulded string course above lintel (across bay); window with moulded architrave at 1st floor; pediment, with block finial at apex, at eaves. 3-BAY GROUP TO IMMEDIATE LEFT: irregularly disposed; windows to each floor of bays. Eaves level lower than that of central group, and slightly set back from this group. Windows to each floor of flanking bays. 2-BAY GROUP TO IMMEDIATE RIGHT: harled, set back considerably from centre group; modern single storey harled addition at ground; windows grouped to right at 1st floor. 2-BAY TO OUTER RIGHT: projecting to line of centre group; modern window in bay to left, modern glazed door in bay to right at ground; harled with ashlar dressings to pediment, narrow windows at 1st floor, pediment spanning group with block finial at apex.

4-BAY GROUP TO OUTER LEFT: much altered; harled with ashlar dressings to eaves and pediment; 2-storey extensions to bays 1 and 3, door with rectangular plate glass fanlight to bay 3.

4-pane timber sash and case, plate glass timber sash and case and various metal and plastic modern windows. Grey slate undivided roof; grey slate piended roof to central 3-group to SW, also to group to immediate left and to outer left. Sloping grey slate roof at extension at bay 1 of grouped bays to outer left, slant to flat-roof to bay 3. Stacks to roof apex and to SW elevation, generally rendered with coping, except to left of central group to SW which is ashlar.

INTERIOR: not seen, 1994.

BOUNDARY WALLS: Droved ashlar with coping to NE, formerly with railings. Later harled with coping to SW.