Tailor's Hall, 137 Cowgate, Edinburgh

Dated 1621 with later additions and alterations (see Notes). Outstanding U-plan group of interconnected 17th century mercantile buildings with fine 4-storey, 4-bay, L-plan former hall to centre on sloping site (2 storey to rear), flanked by 3-storey wings projecting to N. Rubble with ashlar dressings throughout.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: FORMER HALL - N ELEVATION: Broken, moulded cill courses to 1st and 2nd floors (N elevation). Irregular fenestration. Crow-stepped gables. Projecting stair tower to far left with moulded doorway and finialed date-stone pediment embedded within wall at 3rd floor. Wide segmental arched pend now forming main entrance. Large drum well (dated 1837) situated to immediate left. Rear (S) elevation: 8-bay with regular fenestration; ochre coloured lime render. Further adjoined gable-ended block set back to far left.

Pedimented dormers to W wing. Further large segmental arch opening to ground at E wing.

INTERIOR: Comprehensively refurbished for use as a public house and nightclub.

Predominantly multi-pane timber sash and case windows. Scottish slate. Piended roofs to wings. End stacks to main hall section. Cast-iron rainwater goods.