Chimney Stalk, Caledonian Distillery, Dalry Road, Edinburgh

Chimney Stalk is a large grain whisky distillery complex located on Dalry Road in Edinburgh, built between 1855 and around 1880. The buildings are constructed from sandstone rubble and feature some Baronial detailing, with slate roofs. Many of the windows are shuttered or barred.

The complex includes Duty-Free Warehouses Nos. 3 and 9, designed by John McLachlan in 1887. This tall, four-storey bonded warehouse has a northeast elevation made of squared and stugged sandstone, featuring four crow-stepped gables with gun-loops in the gableheads. The two left gables are advanced and six bays deep, while the two western gables are set back, with the outer gable set back slightly further. The ground floor doors and second-floor windows are segmental-arched, with oculi on the third floor. The west elevation consists of 18 bays and is similar in style. The east elevation is blank, made of rubble with ashlar coping at the raised wallhead.

The Power House is a two-storey building situated in the re-entrant angle of the bonded warehouse, featuring a two-bay arched-windowed west gable and a ridge ventilator. A modern brick-built office is attached to the south elevation.

The Chimney Stalk, built around 1870 to 1880, is a landmark structure aligned with Shandwick Place. It has a circular section and stands approximately 300 feet tall, with its top formerly flared as a funnel but now slightly reduced and rebuilt in yellow brick.

The Patent Still House, dated 1855 in its armorial, is a tall rectangular-plan building with three arched windows at the upper level and a curved sheet metal-clad roof with a ridge ventilator. It housed a single Coffey Still.

Inside, there are a mash house and tun room. The maltings to the west is a five-storey, six-bay building made of rubble with piended, sawtooth roofs. The two end bays to the west have been altered, and the kiln roof has been modified. The granaries at the rear have been internally altered from multi-storey to six silos. Additional maltings to the west were demolished around 1983.

The office at the front is a two-storey building with its rear facing the railway line, featuring a three-bay east elevation and piend roofs. Duty-Free Warehouse No. 6 is a three-storey bonded warehouse, with its north elevation showcasing eight Baronial gabled bays, each with two windows. The east gable is advanced and features a conical-roofed stair turret in the re-entrant angle.