Hermiston Old Farm House, Edinburgh

Late 18th century 2-storey, 3-bay T-plan farmhouse with complex building history extended by advanced gabled bay to E circa 1830, possibly by William Burn. Squared rubble sandstone with painted ashlar margins; stugged, squared and snecked sandstone for wing with raised cills and quoins.

S (main) elevation: symmetrical 3-bay block, door at centre; plain doorcase with entablature; 4-panelled door with 4-light, rectangular fanlight. Windows symmetrically disposed. Gabled 4th bay to outer left, base course, 2 windows at ground, single window at 1st floor. Brick boundary wall to outer left with slab coping enclosing kitchen yard and rear.

N (rear) elevation: full-height bowed bay to outer left, 3 windows symmetrically disposed at ground and 1st floor. Main block recessed to right and obsured by single storey, L-plan kitchen and office projection. Full-height stair window in outer bay of main house, fixed panes with border glazing. Windows symmetrically disposed at 1st floor bays to right, blocked window at ground floor outer right.

W elevation: gable of main house to outer right, window at ground left, small attic window in gablehead. L-plan kitchen and office range recessed to left, 2-bay with lower bay and stores advanced to W at outer left. Door at outer right, tripartite timber mullioned window to left, single window in lower bay, mutual skew and apex stack between 2 blocks.

E elevation: window at centre 1st floor, window (plate- glass sash and case) off-centre to right at ground.

12-pane sash and case window. Grey slate roof. Ashlar coping to skews, stone ridge early block, lead flashings later block. Coped sandstone apex stacks (main house); tall, shouldered, wallhead stack (later wing); octagonal cans. Thack-stanes.