17 Winton Loan, Fairmilehead, Edinburgh

18th century; remodelled early 19th century; N bay added mid 19th century. Single storey 4-bay cottage. Whitewashed stone rubble with some ashlar dressings to windows.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: entrance with boarded timber door and painted surround to left of centre; windows with droved architraves to flanking bays and one with projecting sill to bay to outer right bay.

W ELEVATION: architraved window towards centre; small window to right.

S ELEVATION: small window to left.

N ELEVATION: mid-later 20th century brick external stack to centre.

Mainly 12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof, swept at eaves. Coped ashlar gablehead stack to S and one coped ashlar ridge stack; mid-later 20th century brick external stack to N; round cans.

INTERIOR: not inspected (1997).

ANCILLARY STRUCTURES: OUTBUILDING TO NE: mid 19th century, single storey, single cell outbuilding adjoins cottage via coped coursed rubble wall with gateway running at right angles to N end of cottage on E side. N and S elevations are of coursed stugged sandstone; rubble E elevation; brick W elevation. Entrance with boarded timber door to S elevation; window to right; both with stone surrounds. Pantile roof; raised gable ends with stugged coping. Small late 20th century lean-to asphalted timber-framed extension on brick base to W side.

OUTBUILDING TO E: 18th-earlier 19th century altered, single storey outbuilding parallel to cottage; rubble with some sections of brick infill. Entrances with boarded timber doors to far right and (with stone surround) to left of W elevation; small multi-pane fixed window to left of each; 2 multi-pane windows in between (that to right formerly a door). 2 windows to E and one to N gable. Pantile roof; coped gables. Brick stack to S gable end. Derelict (1997).