Police Chambers, 192 High Street, Edinburgh

William Nixon, 1845-9. 4-storey, falling to 7 at rear, 5 x 8 bay, Classical, former Police Chambers situated on important corner site of Parliament Square and High Street and incorporating segmental arch leading to Old Fishmarket Close. 5 bay section to N (High Street) converted into flats with commercial premises to ground. District Courts and cells to S, entered from Parliament Square.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: ashlar, channelled rustication to ground, coursed rubble to rear. Base course, impost course, band courses, dentilled cornice to 3rd storey. Recessed round-arched window openings to ground and top storey, those to ground with pointed voussoirs. Upper storey windows with moulded architraves, consoled cornices and some blind balustered balconies to 1st storey. Some windows to rear with bar grilles. Slender cast-iron column to canted corner to 1st and 2nd storey at Old Fishmarket Close.

W (Parliament Square) elevation with slightly advanced 5 bays to left with central Doric-columned entrance porch with glass and timber entrance door with round-arch fanlight and narrow side lights. 3-bays to right with central timber and glass entrance door with plate glass side lights and flanking bi-partite windows with stone mullions.

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Coped gable and ridge stacks. Grey slates. Piended roof with glass cupola

BOUNDARY WALL AND RAILINGS: to W. Low, stone wall surmounted by decorative iron railings.

INTERIOR: (seen 2007). Section converted into flats retains wide, open-well stair. Some decorative cornicing and working timber shutters.

District Courts: one court with timber panelling, seats and bench, with carved timber canopy over judge's seat.