Binley Cottage, 42 Pentland Avenue, Edinburgh

Sir Robert Lorimer, 1897, altered 1910, E wing and garage added 1939. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, roughly square-plan villa with swept roof over central verandah (now glazed in) flanked by 2 large piend-roofed bays. Entrance to E in slightly advanced gable. Cream painted harl with red sandstone cills. Base course to E elevation only. Bays to S slightly corbelled out at first floor.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: off-centre advanced gable with thistle finial containing timber panelled front door with leaded lights to top panel in roll-moulded red sandstone architrave; carved lintel with 1897 interwoven with decorative foliage; single window above. Blind wall to left; windows to right. Advanced 1939 wing to outer right; advanced garage to S return through flat-coped wall with ball finial (see Notes); tripartite window above.

S (PRINCIPAL/GARDEN) ELEVATION: central verandah under swept roof; 2-leaf French doors with side-lights to rear of verandah. Tripartite flat-roofed dormer above verandah. Quadripartite windows to wings; later picture window at ground to left.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: irregularly fenestrated with cat-slide roofed section to outer left. Slightly advanced stack to centre; corbelled out 1-window section to right of stack; staircase window to left.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: single-storey, 3-window section to right with cat-slide roof and flat-roofed dormer in attic. 2-storey section to left with timber boarded back door; small outshot to outer left with steep cat-slide roof.

Predominantly timber casements with leaded lights. Coped rendered stacks with tall clay cans. Red tiled piended roof. Cast-iron downpipes.

INTERIOR: tiled vestibule with half-glazed timber panelled doors opening to hall which runs through the centre of the house; staircase through arch at end of hall with pained turned timber balusters and polished timber handrail; some decorative plasterwork to staircase ceiling. Plain roll-moulded sandstone fireplace to drawing room with corniced mantelshelf; bookcases flanking main window. Advanced chimney breast in dining room; roll-moulded red sandstone fire surround with delft tiles to hearth and back of fireplace; plaster mantelshelf and picture frame above; brass bell to right of fireplace. Recessed shelves flanking chimney breast with cupboards below. Sliding doors linking dining room and drawing room. Study (former smoking room) fireplace with roll-moulded sandstone surround and decorative wrought-iron grate. Original fireplaces with cast-iron grates to some upstairs rooms. Original bells in kitchen. Original downstairs lavatory with mahogany seat and "Patent Silent Edina" cistern; original corner basin with brass taps. Timber panelled interior doors with brass Lorimer handles. Plaster cornices to most rooms.