16 York Place, Edinburgh

16 York Place in Edinburgh is a classical terraced house built in the later 18th century. It has three storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a three-bay façade made of broached ashlar sandstone. The principal floor features V-jointed rustication, a base course, a band course between the basement and principal floor, a frieze at the impost level of the principal floor, a cill course at the first floor, and a mutuled cornice with a blocking course at the second floor. The first and second floors have architraved windows, while the entrance includes ashlar steps leading to a round-arched doorway on the left side of the principal floor. This doorway features a six-panel timber door topped by a plate glass semicircular fanlight. The remaining bays at the principal floor have windows set in round-arched recesses, and the fenestration is regular on the upper floors and basement. There is a flagged area in front of the basement.

The west elevation adjoins another terrace, which is listed separately as 14 York Place, and the east elevation adjoins yet another terrace, listed as 18 York Place. The north (rear) elevation was not seen during the last inspection in 1998. The house has 12-pane timber sash and case windows, a grey slate M-roof with modern skylights, cast-iron rainwater goods, and broached ashlar ridge stacks that are coped and feature circular cans. The skews are also coped.

The interiors were not seen during the last inspection in 1998. The property is enclosed by ashlar copes topped with cast-iron railings that have spear-headed and urn finials.