Lochend House, 27 Lochend Road South, Edinburgh

Lochend House is a villa dating to around 1820, situated at 27 Lochend Road South, Edinburgh. It is a 2-storey, 5-bay rectangular building. The exterior is constructed of squared and snecked sandstone, with an ashlar course marking the ground floor ceiling height and an ashlar cill course above. Tooled, raised ashlar margins define the window and door openings. Connected to the villa is the remains of a tower house, likely from the 16th century, which is asymmetrical in design and built of rubblestone, featuring a large stepped chimney.

The principal, or South, elevation of the villa displays a symmetrical facade. A corniced doorpiece, flanked by Roman Doric pilasters, frames the central entrance, with a 5-pane fanlight above, its outer panes featuring horizontal glazing bars. The fenestration is regular throughout. The North elevation has three bays, with a central doorway now featuring a brick-built lean-to that extends down to the cill level. A small, additional window is located to the left of the lean-to. The East elevation features three bays, with the ground floor windows blind; the first-floor window to the left is also blind, while the central and right windows are glazed. All windows are 12-pane sash windows. The villa has a piend roof covered in grey slate, and broad, hipped, rendered chimney stacks rise from the eaves to the East and West.

Inside the villa, the principal rooms, including the hall and landing, are adorned with a floreate cornice. Cast-iron bannisters are present, and shutters are fitted to the sash windows. A grey marble fireplace is located in the room on the ground floor southeast corner. The entrance hall has a patterned encaustic tiled floor.

The South Elevation of the older tower house adjoins the western gable of the later villa. It is two storeys high, with two bays and a pitched roof that narrows to a cat-slide. A short, projecting wing extends to the south, one storey and attic in height, with a single bay and single-pitch roof. An entrance door is located on the south elevation, with a window above it, and two openings face the east wall. The North elevation has two bays displaying an asymmetrical design. A blocked-in archway is visible, along with a plain entrance door to the left and a 12-pane sash window on the first floor. To the right, a small ground floor window is present, alongside two blind first-floor windows. A large, stepped chimney projects to the north at the western corner. The west elevation is also asymmetrical, exhibiting a louvred window on the ground floor beneath the chimney, a glazed window on the first floor, and others that are boarded or blocked. Internal features of the tower house show alterations accumulated over centuries. The stepped chimney creates its own chamber, accessible via a doorway, with subsidiary fireplaces and niches within. A remnant of a turnpike stair remains in the centre of the building, and floors are made of stone and brick.

Outbuildings include a lean-to built against the East elevation of the villa; it mimics the stepped chimney but utilizes a boundary wall and rubble wall. A flat-roofed utility building is located to the East of the villa. Rubble stone boundary walls of varying ages enclose the property to the west and south. Iron railings run along the east side, with stone gatepiers and remnants of a rubble stone wall marking the entrance.