97 Slateford Road and 11 to 15 (Inclusive Numbers) Hermand Crescent, Former St Stephen's Works Waddie & Co. Ltd., Edinburgh

This is a substantial late 19th and early 20th century office building, originally St Stephen's Works for Waddie & Co. Ltd., located at 97 Slateford Road and 11 to 15 Hermand Crescent, Edinburgh. The original building was designed by Lessels & Taylor and constructed in 1900. A four-bay extension to the northeast was added in 1910 by Robert R Hogg. The building is of Italian palazzo type, laid out in an L-shape and featuring a prominent castellated octagonal corner tower, with printing rooms located behind.

The exterior is constructed of squared, snecked sandstone with ashlar margins and long and short dressings. The windows have stop-chamfered reveals; a moulded cill course runs along the first floor, while the second floor windows have plain cills. The Slateford Road elevation, which is the northwest facade, originally had a reused basement and features a cornice and coped parapet. A later addition includes a pair of canted wooden attic dormers. The main entrance, in the fifth bay to the left of the tower, is framed by a segmental-arch with a panelled keystone, cornice, and three escutcheons above. Flanking the arch are stop-fluted Corinthian pilasters. These escutcheons feature the inscription 'WADDIE & CO LTD ST STEPHENS WORKS ESTABD. 1860', which was likely inserted after 1950. A grand cornice sits at the level of the first-floor cills. Internal steps lead through iron gates to a pair of 6-light glazed and panelled doors with a fanlight above. The base course is of stugged ashlar on a bull-faced plinth, featuring small openings with decorative iron grilles. At ground level, there is a corbelled moulded cill course, and the windows have mullions and transoms; the single window to the right of the door has a transom only. The first and second floor windows are bipartite, except for the single windows in the outer right bay and the tower.

The corner tower has a swept corner, mirroring the detailing of the main facade. It rises from the first-floor cill course and is topped by an octagonal ashlar towerhead with a cornice, castellations, and windows on all four outward faces.

The southwest (Hermand Street) elevation, set on rising ground, has 17 bipartite and single bays, with a modern extension from 1968 beyond. The first two bays from the tower are detailed as with the main facade, while the remaining bays lack a basement, have a plainer first-floor cill course, and omit the cornice and parapet. Garage doors are located in the first and second bays. A simple base course is present, and a door near the center of the elevation has a louvred ventilator above. Another garage door is in the sixth bay. The thirteenth and fourteenth bays have windows at ground level only, with a stack projecting from the ground floor of the fourteenth bay.

A substantial, free-standing glazed red engineering brick stalk, now used as an incinerator, features an upper section with a string course, blind panels, and a dentilled cornice.

The windows are timber sash and case, many with later casements. Corniced stacks have cans, and cast-iron downpipes run behind the parapet.

The interior, observed in 1993, features offices along the Slateford Road elevation and a fine panelled and grained corridor behind. Original light fittings, door furniture, and decorative glass largely remain. A notable oak-panelled Boardroom contains a Renaissance fireplace, while the Director's Toilet is lined with Vitrolite and features an etched glass door and chrome fittings. The remnants of a previous bakery, including ovens, are still visible, along with a cellar.