Gymnasium, Redford Infantry Barracks, Colinton Road, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 2017. Gymnasium.

Gymnasium, Redford Infantry Barracks, Colinton Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
fallen-flue-gorse
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South West MP: Dr Scott Arthur (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 June 2017
Type
Gymnasium
OS grid reference
NT 222 693
Coordinates
55.91094, -3.24495
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Gymnasium at Redford Infantry Barracks on Colinton Road in Edinburgh is a two-storey building with a rectangular plan and seven bays, designed by Harry B Measures and constructed between 1909 and 1915. It features Dutch gables and has flat-roofed extensions on the southwest and northeast sides, along with a gabled extension at the rear (southeast). The exterior is rendered and includes pale ashlar dressings, a base course, and an eaves cornice. The upper storey has large rectangular windows on the side elevations, while the gable ends are adorned with Diocletian windows. The roof is covered with grey slates and has raised skews with scrolled consoles at the ends, as well as a single wallhead chimney stack on the southwest elevation.

The upper storey windows consist of timber frames with 4-pane glazing and top-opening hoppers. The interior, observed in 2016, features a spacious open area with steps leading to a timber gallery at one end and rooms located below. The roof is lined with timber.

Local climate

Gymnasium, Redford Infantry Barracks, Colinton Road, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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