10 Colinton Road, 8, Edinburgh

John Jerdan, 1934. 5-storey 8-bay flat-roofed block of modernistic flats with cut-away balconied corners, flanked by underground garages; cream render with horizontal bands of red brick; red brick base course; continuous bands of red brick above ground and 3rd floor; red brick parapet to front and sides; cut-away corners as balconies of red brick.

SE (FRONT) ELEVATION: period-style windwos (formerly metal-framed) to each bay and floor except outer bays; 4 centre bays recessed with fluted and stepped brick parapet; central entance doorway with ashlar surround and projecting canopy, timber door with glazed opening and brass ironmongery, accessed by steps with solid curved ashlar parapet; windows to right and left of entrance door with external shutters.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: single windows to each bay and floor; 4 tall windows to centre bay lighting stair hall, top window round-arched and keystoned; small rectangular flat-roofed service block to centre of roof.

SW ELEVATION: 4-bay; single windows to each floor of bays to left; cut-away deck-style balconies with handrails and concrete supporting column to right; left corner slightly advanced with square stack; 2 red brick wallhead stacks with ashlar coping.

NE ELEVATION: mirror of SW elevation (except for square corner stack). Originally multi-pane metal windows (now mostly modern replacements of similar pattern); flat roof; 5 wallhead stacks (see above).

INTERIOR: green polished marble floor to hall and stair with black and white geometrical inlay; Art Deco door handles to flats and brass stair rail.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: low stepped ashlar boundary wall to front, tall obelisk gatepiers with off-set coping and lamps, small piers with off-set coping.