Colthwaite, 31 Woodhall Road, Edinburgh

Circa 1897 with 1909 roof extension by Thomas Hardie, builder. 2-storey and attic square-plan piend-roofed house with deep eaves and flat-roofed roof extension, piend-roofed scullery outshot to NW, canted bay window to SE, bipartite corner windows at first floor to all corners except E; bracketed porch and scrolled wallhead stacks to SW. Squared, snecked, bull-faced sandstone with red sandstone ashlar dressings. Corniced cill course to 1st floor. Long and short quoins to corners, windows, doors and chimneys.

SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled front door in stop-chamfered roll-moulded architrave, with bipartite fanlight above lintel; deep timber canopy on scrolled brackets above. Regular fenestration in 3 bays. Large bipartite flat-roofed dormer between scrolled stacks to centre of attic.

OTHER ELEVATIONS: irregularly fenestrated. Large canted bay with leaded lights to SE elevation; transomed and mullioned staircase window with leaded lights to NE elevation; single-storey scullery outshot at left of NW elevation with timber boarded side-door to SW return.

Predominantly sash and case windows with 6-pane glazing in upper sashes and plate glass in lower sashes. Coped and corniced wallhead stacks with red clay cans. Graded grey slate. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: tiled lobby; half-glazed timber panelled lobby door with side-lights and coloured leaded glass. Original cornices to principal rooms. Timber staircase with turned balusters. Coloured leaded glass staircase window. Original fireplace in dining room with bolection-moulded timber chimneypiece and cast-iron grate. Corner windows to 3 upstairs bedrooms with small drawers below interior window cills.