27 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh

William Playfair, designed 1825, built 1826-1833. Part of long terrace of 34 classical 3-bay townhouses; originally 2-storey, attic and basement elevations (many have additional later 3rd storeys) punctuated by 2 18-bay, 3-storey pavilions with 3-bay advanced sections to each end (Nos 11-16 and 23-28) and with 12-bay, 3-storey section to the western end (Nos 1-4); terrace stepped down at intervals to follow slope of road. Painted droved ashlar to basement; polished ashlar to upper floors; predominantly coursed squared rubble with dressed margins to rear elevation. To principal elevation: base course; dividing band between basement and ground floor; dividing band and cornice between ground and 1st floors; to 1st floor, continuous cast-iron trellis balcony with Greek key border; 2nd floor cill course; eaves cornice; blocking course. Painted doorpiece of fluted attached Greek Doric columns. Regular fenestration to principal elevation; architraved windows to ground and 1st floors; panelled aprons to ground floor windows; predominantly regular fenestration to rear elevation.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3-storey and basement elevation. To basement, to right bay, timber-panelled door with 3-light fanlight in segmentally-headed opening; windows to left and centre bays. To ground floor, to right bay, steps and platt overarching basement recess leading to 2-leaf timber panelled door with letterbox fanlight. Timber pelmets to windows to ground and 1st floors.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bay elevation. Eaves course.

GLAZING etc: plate glass to 1st floor to front elevation; 4-pane glazing to ground and 1st floor to front elevation; 16-lying-pane glazing to centre and right bays to 1st floor, rear elevation; 12-pane glazing to remainder; glazing predominantly in timber sash and case windows. M-roof with central valley; graded grey slate; stone skews and skewputts. To E and W, corniced mutual ridge stacks, preceded to front by individual octagonal flues; predominantly circular cans.

RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: to front, edging basement recess and platt, stone coping surmounted by cast-iron railings with dog bars, spear-head finials and distinctive circled border. To rear, forming boundary of garden, random rubble walls with predominantly flat coping.

INTERIOR: to basement, original dumb waiter still in situ. To ground floor: to lobby, round-headed niche to right, excellent plasterwork; to former dining room, good plasterwork, classical stone fireplace.