The Lane House, 46A Dick Place, Edinburgh

The Lane House, built in 1934 by William Hardie Kininmonth, is an exceptional example of the International Modern style. Situated on a sloping site in Edinburgh, the main house comprises two two-storey rectangular blocks and a single-storey, semi-circular (apsidal) block. A concrete pergola links the house to a separate Grange building. A single-storey extension was added to the north in 1953, and a detached single-storey studio followed in 1961. The house is largely harled, with exposed concrete lintel courses and coping. Windows are flush with the wall surface.

The south (garden) elevation features a large, 13-light bow window on the principal floor to the left, incorporating two pairs of French windows. A parapet provides access to a paved roof garden. A concrete canopy shelters a four-pane strip window, which is pierced and supported by a circular chimney stack behind the roof garden, alongside further French windows leading to the roof garden. To the right, a five-pane strip window is at principal floor level, above which is a three-panel window.

The west (entrance) elevation has a tripartite small-pane glazed porch door at the centre, above which is a carved and initialled datestone. A two-storey block projects to the left, featuring a three-panel window on the ground floor and a bipartite window above. The north elevation displays a triangular projecting stair window, and the 1953 extension to the left features long, narrow panel windows. The east elevation includes bipartite windows on both the ground floor and first floor, with a further extension to the right.

The detached studio, built in 1961, is a single-storey, flat-roofed building of harled brick, situated to the northwest of the main house, and is characterised by a tripartite window facing south.

The windows are timber-framed, using either fixed or casement styles, and feature long strips or panels of plate glass. The stair window has a horizontal pane design. The flat roofs were originally asphalted, and have segmental concrete coping. A harled circular chimney stack with a single pot faces west. The property includes internal drainage and airbricks.

Inside, the ground floor is partially open-plan, with original plywood floor tiles, a fireplace and built-in cupboards.

The site is enclosed by high, coped rubble boundary walls along The Lane, terminating in a harled brick wall with a pedestrian gateway to the house. A timber lattice gate, matching the porch door's style, provides access. A concrete pergola connects the house to the gateway. A single-storey, flat-roofed garage is also present.