Rectory, St James Church, 11 John's Place, Leith, Edinburgh

The Rectory at St James Church, located at 11 John's Place in Leith, Edinburgh, was designed by George Gilbert Scott with assistance from R Rowand Anderson between 1862 and 1865. This two-storey and attic building features an irregular three-bay plan with Gothic architectural details. It is constructed from cream sandstone, squared and snecked rubble, with polished dressings and bands of red ashlar. Notable elements include a base course, chamfered reveals, and shouldered-arched openings.

The front elevation has three bays, with the center and right bays advanced. The central bay features a gable with a two-storey canted window topped by a half-pitched roof, and a single window in the gablehead. The right bay contains a tripartite window at the ground floor and a bipartite window above on the first floor. To the left, there is a recessed narrow bay with a pointed-arch doorway that has a blocked trefoiled fanlight, along with single windows on the return of the central bay.

The south elevation has two bays and is gabled, with irregularly spaced single windows. It also features a rectangular oriel supported by a single corbel, which includes a bipartite window and narrow sidelights on the first floor.

On the rear elevation, there is a link to the church halls at ground level. The wallhead is raised into an M-gable with broad tapering apex stacks. A bipartite pointed-arch transomed stair window is located on the first floor, along with irregular single windows.

The building has replacement windows throughout and a slate roof with a stone ridge. There are two battered stacks at the apex, one transverse stack, and octagonal chimney cans, as well as modern Velux rooflights. The eaves gutter is moulded, with fixtures and gutterheads.

The interior was not seen in 1993. Surrounding the property is a low rubble wall with saddleback coping, gatepiers featuring chamfered arrises and half-conical heads, along with later gates and railings.