55 Abbeyhill

55 Abbeyhill is a single-storey, six-bay former police station built in 1896 by Robert Morham. This irregular-plan building features a castellated Romanesque style with prominent corner turrets that have conical roofs covered in fishscale slates and advanced finials. The exterior is made of snecked, rock-faced red sandstone and includes a deep chamfered base course and a band course. Distinctive animal figure gargoyles adorn the structure.

The central entrance has a round-arched chamfered doorway with a recessed two-leaf studded timber door and a semi-circular fanlight above. The windows are round-arched with roll-moulded architraves, some featuring stone column mullions. The turrets are topped with gabled, louvred timber lucarnes.

Later additions include metal grids that obscure some windows. The roof is finished with grey slates and red ridge tiles that have ball finial details, while cast iron rainwater goods with decorative hoppers complete the building's exterior.