Moray House College Of Education, 39 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

Alan Robertson, 1913. 3-storey, symmetrical, 11-bay (to principal elevation), Classical, courtyard-plan, purpose-built teacher training centre with principal entrance elevation to S (Holyrood Road). Ashlar with raised channelled margins and coursed, bull-faced pink sandstone. Deep moulded base course, cornice above ground storey, eaves course, cornice, balustraded parapet.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: entrance elevation to S: advanced outer 3-bays with further advanced central bays with channelled rustication to ground and paired engaged Ionic columns, rising to 1st and 2nd storeys. Segmental-arched pediments above. Central 3-bay round-arched arcade to ground floor leads to inner court. Mullioned and transomed windows above

N elevation with slightly advanced central gabled bay with projecting single storey flat-roofed entrance porch and Venetian window above. Advanced outer bays with central, segmental-headed dormers breaking eaves.

Courtyard elevations symmetrical. N range with central gable and flanking full-height tripartite canted bays surmounted by ogee bell-cast roofs.

Predominantly multi-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slates.

INTERIOR: (seen 2007). Original room plan largely extant with some notable features. Large open-well staircase with decorative metal balusters, timber handrail and Composite-Order columns. Some classrooms with timber panelling. Large hall with central segmental-arched ceiling and timber panelling and flooring. Timber bookcases to former library. Timber and glass doors. Some decorative plasterwork.