Stables, Ratho Park House, Edinburgh

The stables at Ratho Park House in Edinburgh were designed by William Burn in 1826 and were partly raised to two stories around 1835. This Tudor revival building features a quadrangular plan and consists of a two-story main domestic block with a single-story stable and office range that rises to a two-story center block at the north.

The south elevation of the main range is symmetrical and was originally a single-story structure that has been raised. It includes a three-bay cottage range to the east and west of the entrance gate, which is articulated in a two-to-one pattern. The entrance bay is slightly recessed and features a flush, four-panelled door at ground level, with a bipartite window above on the first floor. Giant octagonal sandstone gatepiers are built into the corners of the buildings. The taller two-bay blocks on either side have regularly disposed windows, with dormer-headed windows that include blind arrowslits in the gablets. There are gate recesses on the east and west returns of the cottage.

The east range has a gable with a bipartite window at ground level and a five-bay, single-story office range to the right, although some openings have been blocked. The west range mirrors the east elevation.

The north elevation features a single-story, two-bay link block on either side of the central two-story, three-bay block. This section has round-headed windows and dormerheads for the center block, with slender lancets at ground level. The gables to the east and west are M-shaped with corbelled apex stacks.

In the courtyard, the southeast elevation includes a two-story, three-bay block at the center with a Tudor-arch cart entrance at ground level, flanked by two-leaf wooden doors and dormerheads on the first floor. The east elevation is symmetrical and consists of a single-story, three-bay structure with a central Tudor-arch cart entrance and flanking windows. The west elevation is also symmetrical, with a single-story, three-bay design. The central Tudor-arch leads into a porch area with a door at the center and additional doors to the left and right, along with flanking windows.

The north elevation shows the two-bay rear elevations of the cottages. The bipartite windows have four-pane glazing, while the cottage rears feature eight-pane sash and case windows. The building has a grey slate roof with ashlar coping to the skews and skewputts, as well as coped wallhead stacks.