A Level 2 historic building recording survey was required by CECAS of the buildings on the site prior to and during development which included a photographic, written and drawn record and is based on the Historic England guidelines Understanding Historic Buildings: A Guide to Good Recording Practice (2016). Both the exterior and interior of the structures were examined, described and photographed. Existing architect's plans were supplied and used as the basis for the drawn record. Nos 14 - 15 Claremont Crescent were constructed in the mid-19th century and designed by William Burn, son of renowned Neo-Classical architect Robert Burn, as part of the later New Town development of Edinburgh. Forming the north-east limit of the New Town, Claremont Crescent was constructed as a row of two-storey tenement buildings with lower ground floors, basements and attic storeys. Nos 14 and 15 Claremont Crescent remained as private apartments, accessed separately. In more recent years, No 15 has been converted to the Claremont Hotel which also occupies the lower ground floor and basement of No 14.
Stuart Mitchell (2025) studied this question.