21, 22, 23, 24, 25 George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh

Circa 1845 (probably George Smith). 3-storey 5-bay tenement with Jacobean detailing and shops to ground floor to George IV Bridge; 5 storeys to Merchant Street; 3-storey polygonal/canted extension to Candlemaker Row. Cream ashlar (painted to ground) to George IV Bridge, Merchant Street, and extension to Candlemaker Row (coursed rubble to upper storeys of Candlemaker Row).

E (GEORGE IV BRIDGE) ELEVATION: base course; consoled cornice to pilastrated ground floor; eaves course and decorative parapet with obelisks to corners. Corniced and consoled windows in moulded surrounds with strapwork over to 1st floor; consoled and corniced windows to 2nd floor. Timber panelled doors with plate glass fanlights to flats at centre and to shops.

N (MERCHANT STREET) ELEVATION: 5 storeys; restaurant and door to flats at ground floor regularly fenestrated; consoled and corniced windows to 3rd floor. Stepped and scrolled gable with apex stack and obelisks to corners.

W (CANDLEMAKER ROW) ELEVATION: 2-leaf timber panelled door to centre; tripartite window to centre at 2nd floor; otherwise regularly fenestrated. Later dormers to attic and large wallhead stack with window.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to 2nd floor; 4-pane to 1st floor. Corniced end stacks (polygonal to ends) with circular cans; 2 corniced polygonal chimney stalks to SE.