South Bridge Primary School, 6 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh

Robert Wilson, 1885. 2-storey, Gothic, L-plan former school (currently resource centre (2007

with triple gabled elevation to N (Infirmary Street) with central apex bellcote. Base course, moulded string course, cornice. Droved, coursed sandstone with contrasting ashlar dressings. Some gables break wallhead. Shouldered openings to ground, shallow, pointed-arch window openings to 1st storey and some square windows to side and rear elevations.Segmental-arched entrance openings to E and W with 2-leaf, 6-panel timber doors and 'Boys' and 'Girls' carved above.Later (1892) full height addition to S.Infirmary Street (N) elevation with slightly advanced, buttressed central bay with three-light windows, those to 1st storey with Corinthian reveal colonnettes. Central moulded roundel with carved figure above (see Notes).

Predominantly 6 over 12 and 6 over 6, timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Corbelled gable stacks. Skews, axial ventilators.

INTERIOR: (seen 2007). Largely unaltered. Two staircases with metal balusters and cupolas above. Some decorative plasterwork cornices and timber dado panelling in classrooms.

8 INFIRMARY STREET: 2-storey, L-plan former janitor's house (now private residence, 2007). Coursed, stugged sandstone with contrasting polished ashlar dressings. Base course, moulded string course, cornice. Canted bay window to ground. 4-panel timber entrance door in re-entrant angle to W with fanlight above.Plate glass timber sash and case windows. Grey slates, coped, wallhead stacks. Cast iron rainwater goods.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND GATEPIERS: surrounds buildings. To W and S, tall, rubble with canted coping, surmounted by iron railings to S. To E, coped, stugged, coursed. To N (street elevation), ashlar, surmounted by metal railings and with pair of square-plan gatepiers with base course and canted coping stone.