Fernielaw House, 37 Fernielaw Avenue, Edinburgh

Mid 18th century and later, 2-storey and attic former farmhouse with Leadbetter, Fairlie and Reid 1913, single-storey and attic, L-plan service wing to W incorporating earlier fabric (see Notes). Main house (number 37) with Venetian window to N elevation; later 19th century crowstepped bay to NE corner with 1913 door and forestair; mid 19th century semi-octagonal bay and later 19th century oriel to S elevation. Service wing (number 35) advanced from main house to N and W; nepus gable to E elevation, 1913 former boiler-house outshot below; crow-stepped dormers breaking eaves to S elevation; swept dormers breaking eaves to N and W elevations. Harled stone with ashlar door and window dressings; ochre-washed to number 37; whitewashed to number 35. Eaves course to E and S elevations of former service wing. Crowstepped gables throughout.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: main house (number 37): forestair with cast-iron railings to boarded oak front door within roll-moulded and corniced architrave frame to later 19th century crowstepped bay to outer left; window above, vent to gable apex; finialled, bracketed, cast-iron lantern above door. Architraved former door-way to outer right, now containing window; Venetian window above. Irregular fenestration including staircase window to central bays. Former Service wing (number 35) advanced to right: irregularly fenestrated gable-end; E (left) return with central shouldered nepus gable; small crowstepped outshot at ground (former boiler-house) with vented timber boarded door.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: stepped composition. Main gable of house with later 19th century advanced 2-storey gabled bay to outer right; smaller 2-storey, 1913, outshot in re-entrant angle.

S (GARDEN) ELEVATION: main house, 3 bays to right: semi-octagonal 2-storey advanced bay to centre with glazed door at ground; windows to returns; single window to 1st floor; bandcourse, cornice and blocking course. Canted oriel to left at 1st floor. 1913 bipartite piend-roofed dormers to attic. Piend-roofed former service wing 3 bays to left: crowstepped dormers breaking eaves to outer bays; piend-roofed dormer breaking eaves to centre. Glazed garden door with adjoining window at ground to right.

W AND N ELEVATIONS, NUMBER 35: former kitchen courtyard. 3 bays to W, 2 bays to N. Swept dormers breaking eaves. Half-glazed timber panelled door to inner bay of N elevation; small window above. Fairly regular fenestration elsewhere.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate. Coped stacks with decorative clay cans.

FORMER WASH HOUSE AND PRIVY: small pantiled wash house in kitchen courtyard. Window to S; timber boarded door to E; chimney stack with clay can to NW. Privy with timber boarded door adjoining to E.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATE PIERS: ashlar-coped random rubble boundary walls. Pyramidal capped and corniced gatepiers to number 37; cylindrical gate piers to main entrance drive (see Notes).