24, 26, 28 Nelson Street, Edinburgh

24, 26, and 28 Nelson Street in Edinburgh is a terraced tenement building designed by Robert Reid and William Sibbald in 1812. It is four stories tall with a basement and features seven bays. The exterior is made of broached ashlar sandstone, with V-jointed rustication at the principal floor. There is a band course at the principal and first floors, projecting cills on the first and second floor windows, a continual cornice at the second floor, and a cornice with a blocking course at the third floor. The entrance features ashlar steps and platts that overhang the basement.

On the principal elevation, there is a six-panel timber common stair door with a semicircular fanlight above, centered on the principal floor. This door is flanked by a pair of six-panel timber doors, also with semicircular fanlights. The remaining bays on the principal floor have windows, while the upper floors and basement have regular fenestration. The basement area is flagged.

The northern elevation adjoins another terrace, which is listed separately (11-15 Drummond Place), and the southern elevation also adjoins another terrace, listed separately (1 Northumberland Street).

The building predominantly features twelve-pane timber sash and case windows, a grey slate M-roof, and cast-iron rainwater goods. The ridge and shouldered gablehead stacks are made of broached ashlar and are coped with circular cans.

The interiors were not seen in 1997, but there is some evidence of working panelled shutters. The property is also adorned with ashlar copes topped by iron railings with spear-headed balusters and pineapple finials, as well as cast-iron lamps mounted on the railings with glass globes.