Former Band Block, Redford Cavalry Barracks, Colinton Road, Edinburgh

The Former Band Block at Redford Cavalry Barracks on Colinton Road, Edinburgh, is a two-storey, 23-bay building with a rectangular plan and a symmetrical design. It features central advanced gabled bays on the northwest and southeast elevations. Designed by Harry B Measures, it was constructed between 1909 and 1915 and is located behind the Cavalry barracks Block and stables, which are listed at category A.

The building is made of dark, coursed rock-faced rubble with pale ashlar dressings. It includes cill courses, a band course, and an eaves course. The windows, which have projecting cills, are regularly spaced. The northwest elevation features round-arched entrance doorways on either side of the central gable, and there is a tripartite Diocletian window at the first floor level of the gables.

Most of the windows are timber sash and case, with small pane glazing in the upper sashes and 2-pane glazing in the lower sashes. The roof is covered with grey graded slates and has raised skews.

The interior, observed in 2016, includes a double-height space at the center with a gallery at one end, featuring timber railings and timber panelled doors that open to curved stairs. Corridors and rooms extend from either side of this central space, and there are several stone dog-leg staircases with cast iron railings leading to the upper floors.