48 Ann Street, Edinburgh

Probably James Milne, 1816-26. Pair of 2-storey, 3-bay and basement terraced classical townhouses with paired porches to centre; prominent gardens fronting the street. Sandstone ashlar, droved at basement, rubble to gable of No 48. Entrance platts oversailing basement area recess to garden. Banded base course and narrow banded cill course at ground floor; band course and narrow banded cill course at 1st floor incorporating fluted aprons to 1st floor windows; corniced eaves course. Porches with paired fluted Greek Doric columns, cornice and blocking course. Moulded architraved windows at 1st floor. Inset doorway, 6-panel boarded timber doors and rectangular fanlight. 2-bay blind return to right (NW).

NE (REAR) ELEVATION: coursed rubble with tooled ashlar rybats, cills and lintels. Regular fenestration

12-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case windows. Pitched roof; grey slates. Corniced ashlar ridge stacks with some clay cans. Cast-iron rain-water goods. Low broached ashlar wall with droved copes and gate rybats edging gardens to street, topped with cast-iron railings incorporating decorative cast-iron lamp standard with large bowl shade.

INTERIOR: (selection of interiors seen 2010) decorative classical scheme, characterised by intricate plasterwork, large drawing rooms and stone stairs with well detailed balustrade, topped by large cupola.