12 Antigua Street, Edinburgh

Late 18th century. Classical, near-symmetrical double tenement with slightly advanced shopfronts to ground floor; 4-storey and attic, 9-bay elevation to Antigua Street; 5-storey, 2-bay side elevation to Gayfield Square. Droved ashlar (painted to ground floor; coursed rubble with droved margins to side and rear elevations). Mutuled eaves cornice. Predominantly regular fenestration.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: timber panelled door with 6-pane letterbox fanlight in plain opening to centre (stair) bay; to left, timber shopfront with door way to far left; to right, pair of stone-built shopfronts (partially altered) with shared cornice and parapet. 2 semi-curved dormers to roof to left; single pedimented dormer to roof to centre right.

N (GAYFIELD SQUARE) ELEVATION: droved long and short quoins; droved ashlar chamfered corner to right. Timber panelled door to centre bay, with low barred openings to right and far left; oculus windows to 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor to left bay; window to 1st and 5th floor to right.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: 8-bay elevation; nepus gable to left. Single-storey warehouse attached to ground floor.

GLAZING etc: predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; modern plate glass glazing to ground floor; 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to 5th floor to N elevation. Grey slate haffits and semi-conical roofs to curved dormers; timber fascia and grey slate haffits and pitched roof to pedimented dormer. 3 rooflights to front elevation. Pitched roof; graded grey slates; stone skews. Corniced, droved ashlar ridge stack to far left; 2 corniced droved stacks to rear pitch, to centre; 1 corniced droved gablehead stack to N gable; 1 corniced rubble gablehead stack to nepus gable to rear; circular cans to all stacks.