Gate Lodge, Granton Gasworks, 336 West Granton Road, Edinburgh

The Gate Lodge at Granton Gasworks, located at 336 West Granton Road in Edinburgh, was designed by W R Herring between 1903 and 1906, although the upper sections have been removed in later alterations. This building serves as the main entrance to the gasworks and features a gatehouse, which was formerly a weighbridge office, at its center, flanked by a pair of gateways arranged in a quadrant plan. The design is plain Edwardian classical, characterized by pilasters made of V-jointed ashlar that clasp the corners. The walls are constructed of red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings, with the south elevation of the gatehouse entirely made of ashlar.

The gatehouse is a single-storey, single-cell structure with a flat roof. Each elevation is framed by pilasters with fluted capitals and projecting bases, and all four sides feature a projecting cornice with a blocking course above.

On the south elevation, there is a blocked 2-light window with an elaborate architrave, flanking pilasters, and a bracketed projecting sill. The east and west elevations each have a single chamfered ashlar 3-light mullion window with an architrave in the respective bays, with adjacent corner pilasters that step out towards the road. The north elevation contains two single-light windows with chamfered ashlar surrounds, featuring timber fixed light and sliding pane window frames; the roof is likely asphalted.

The centerpiece of the gateway is formed by the ashlar south elevation of the gatehouse, which includes a 2-light architraved window flanked by projecting V-jointed pilasters. The edges of the flanking pilasters on the east and west elevations project outward, where gates were formerly mounted; current replacements are set back behind the pilasters. The flanking gateways include an east gateway with a truncated gatepier of V-jointed ashlar opposite the gatehouse, while the matching west gateway has been removed, making it wider. Brick walls with a moulded ashlar base course and coping curve out towards the road on either side, with the west side having a small gate inserted, and both terminate in truncated V-jointed ashlar piers.