Army Reserves Centre excluding former hall at rear, 124 McDonald Road, Edinburgh

The Army Reserves Centre, excluding the former hall at the rear, is located at 124 McDonald Road, Edinburgh. Designed by Thomas Duncan Rhind and built between 1911 and 1912, with interior alterations made by W G Brown & Co. in 1972-3, this building is a three-storey, three-bay rectangular plan drill hall administration block in the neo-Renaissance style, situated on a corner site.

The northeast elevation facing McDonald Road features cream polished ashlar with distinctive channelled quoins and Gibbsian windows that have bold projecting keystones. The central entrance bay is slightly advanced and topped by a triangular pediment, with an arched doorway that has a heavy timber semi-circular canopy. The third-floor windows extend above the eaves and are corniced. The northwest elevation is constructed of squared and snecked pink rubble sandstone. It includes 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, a mansard roof covered with grey slates, and a coped chimney stack at the end gable.

The interior, as observed in 2015, has retained little of the original 1911-12 design due to the rearrangements made during the 1972-3 alterations. However, the original double stair from 1911-12 remains intact. The former caretaker's flat on the second floor features a cast iron chimneypiece and some late 19th century timberwork.