1 Pentland Road, Stonehouse, Edinburgh

Sir Robert Lorimer, 1913. 2-storey and attic, roughly L-plan, Arts and Crafts style house with entrance forecourt, front door in re-entrant angle, small loggia to S; some dormers, bell-cast piended roof. Deep lintels to some ground floor windows. Squared, coursed sandstone rubble. Regular fenestration to S; irregular fenestration elsewhere.

FORECOURT, W ELEVATION: 2 bays with single-storey section to left. 2-leaf timber panelled door with top-glazing in simple roll-moulded droved ashlar architrave; cornice above with flower motifs. Battered buttress to centre of 2-storey section. Single-storey section with single window and coped wallhead.

FORECOURT, N ELEVATION: advanced, piend-roofed central bay, corbelled out at first floor to left side only; tall staircase window. 2 windows to left and blind wall to right.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: large canted window with flat roof at ground to left; casement above; piend-roofed dormer to attic. Glazed arch at ground to right.

S (PRINCIPAL/GARDEN) ELEVATION: slightly advanced 2-storey canted bay window to centre; piend roofed dormer to attic above. Advanced piend-roofed bays to left and right. 2-arch loggia to left bay with battered piers (now glazed in); tripartite window above. Tripartite windows at both floors to right-hand bay; ground floor window opening slightly arched.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: advanced bay to right with outshot to E at ground. Wallhead stack to left; small roof outshot with window between piend roof and stack. Modern glazed door at ground to centre. Irregular fenestration; dormers to attic.

Predominantly 6-pane glazing in timber casements. Plain coped stacks. Large Scottish slates.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATEPIERS AND TERRACE: round-coped random rubble boundary wall; later red sandstone ashlar gatepiers with corniced tops and small round caps to W; small oval opening adjacent. Garden terrace to S with random rubble retaining wall and 5 stone steps to centre.

INTERIOR: tiled entrance lobby. Hall with polished mahogany-veneered panelled doors. Timber panelled staircase with wide steps at bottom. Painted timber panelling to drawing room; original chimneypiece and fender; glazed cupboards flanking fireplace. Dining room with painted timber panelling; roll-moulded stone fire surround with slate inset. Corner fireplace to sitting room (former smoking room) with mahogany or dark stained wood chimneypiece; small darkroom with red window and small sink off morning room. Fireplaces in all bedrooms (including maids' bedrooms), some with original cast iron grates. Timber panelled interior doors with original door furniture. 2 original (or early 20th century) enamelled cast-iron baths; original basins in bathrooms. Large fitted cupboard in former Butler's pantry with cupboards, drawers, and glazed sliding doors at top. Slate shelf in larder. Maids' cleaning closet with porcelain sink off first floor landing. Linen room with fitted shelves.