Clermiston Tower, Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Tower.

Clermiston Tower, Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh

WRENN ID: slow-lancet-martin
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: City of Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 14 December 1970
Type: Tower
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

1871 for William Macfie. 5-stage, square plan, crenellated tower with turret. Rubble sandstone; bull-faced dressings. Angle buttresses; dividing band courses; quoins; long and short surrounds to openings; corbelled battlements; moulded eaves.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: inscription over panelled cast-iron door at ground; single rectangular opening to each stage aligned above.

N, E AND S ELEVATIONS: as above, except single round arch blocked opening at ground.

INTERIOR: spiral iron staircase of 100 steps.

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