4, 6, 8, 8B St Vincent Street, Edinburgh

David Paton, 1821. 4-storey and basement, 9-bay terraced tenement. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Band course at principal and 1st floor; cill course at 1st and 2nd floors; continual cornice at 2nd floor; cornice and blocking course at 3rd floor. Ashlar steps and entrance platts oversailing basement.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: round-arched doorpiece centred at principal floor, comprising 4-panel common stair door with blind stone semicircular fanlight. Round-arched doorpieces in bay 3rd from outer left and outer right, comprising 4-panel timber doors, radial semicircular fanlight to left, plate glass semicircular fanlight to right. Windows in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above, and to basement. 3-bay pilastered shop front to outer left at basement (No 8B); panelled door with plate glass rectangular fanlight, flanked by plate glass windows. Remainder of basement 2-bay, with 12-pane timber sash and case windows and glazed doors, including segmental-arched multi-pane fanlights to doors at centre. Flagged basement area.

N ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (10-14 St Vincent Street).

S ELEVATION: adjoining terrace, see separate listing (44-86 Great King Street).

Predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate M-roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Broached ashlar ridge stack, rendered ridge and gablehead stacks; coped, with circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen, 1997, but some evidence of working panelled shutters.

RAILINGS: ashlar copes surmounted by iron railings with fleur-de-lis balusters and pineapple finials.