8 Pentland Avenue, Edinburgh

8 Pentland Avenue in Edinburgh is a two-storey, three-bay house built in 1904 by James M Thomson, with alterations to the door in 1909 and additions by James D Cairns in 1923. The house features a harled Arts and Crafts style, with a symmetrical south elevation showcasing three five-light canted windows at the ground level, the central window being from 1923. The outer two windows rise into over-sailing gables, while the centre has a swept roof with a flat-roofed bipartite dormer. To the right, there is a single-storey block from 1923 with a canted corner that has been corbelled to a square and includes a recent French door.

The entrance, now in a modern conservatory, is on the west side and displays Arts and Crafts details inspired by a studio. It features tapered timber pilasters with carved hearts that support a bracketed cornice, a curvilinear pediment above with a carved sun at the centre, and a half-glazed timber-boarded door with leaded lights. The rear elevation includes a 1923 asymmetrical gable to the right and an advanced gable to the left, along with a late 20th-century extension at ground level.

The house predominantly has small-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, and harled corniced stacks with tall red clay cans. The roof is red tiled with crested ridge tiles.

Inside, the entrance lobby has stained glass leaded lights in a timber panelled door. There are depressed arches in the hall and upstairs landing, and a timber staircase with turned balusters. A 1923 elliptical arch connects the sitting and dining rooms, featuring a prominent keystone and a two-leaf, half-glazed timber panelled door with side lights. The sitting room includes a picture rail, and decorative cornices are present in the ground floor rooms, with timber panelled doors throughout.

The property is enclosed by a coped random rubble boundary wall.