Viewfield House, 12 Tipperlinn Road, Edinburgh

Viewfield House, located at 12 Tipperlinn Road in Edinburgh, dates from around 1830. This two-storey, three-bay symmetrical villa features single-storey pavilions on the right, which were heightened and rendered around 1890, along with outhouses to the northeast. The front of the house is finished in cream tooled ashlar, with a polished ashlar door surround and bays, while the rear and sides are constructed from pink rubble, complemented by a rendered two-storey extension. Architectural details include a base course, a band course above the ground floor, a cill band course at the first floor, a dentilled eaves cornice with a blocking course, and chamfered reveals to the bays.

On the west (front) elevation, there is a corniced doorway at the center with a cavetto moulded surround, flanked by paired pedestalled pilasters. The entrance features a panelled door and a rectangular plate glass fanlight above, with a single window at the first floor. The outer bays have canted windows at the ground floor and single windows at the first floor. The single-storey flat-roofed side wings have a single window each, with a later flat-roofed addition on the right that includes a tall transomed window at the first floor.

The east (rear) elevation showcases a large projecting two-storey addition to the left, with a rectangular stairwell (possibly from 1890) at the center. This stairwell features a tall round-arched stair window with leaded panes, likely relocated from its original position, along with single windows in the remaining bays. A single-storey outhouse is positioned against a high wall to the right.

The south elevation includes a two-storey addition with a rectangular timber oriel and a bipartite transomed window with narrow lights on the return, supported by panelled pilasters. The north elevation has a central wallhead stack.

The windows are primarily timber sash and case, with most featuring plate glass glazing. The later addition includes small-pane upper sashes and plate glass lower sashes. The roof is a piend slate design with lead flashings and two wallhead stacks.

The property is enclosed by boundary walls made of tall pink rubble with flat coping on the front, rear, and sides. It features tall coped ashlar gatepiers with a fluted frieze, along with cast-iron pedestrian and carriage gates.