Sergeants' Mess, Redford Cavalry Barracks, Colinton Road, Edinburgh

A single storey, asymmetrical-plan, former sergeants' mess building comprising a 7-bay section to the northwest, dating from 1909 to 1915, a later, about 1940, 5-bay section to the southeast and a later 3-bay link building. The earliest section was designed by Harry B Measures.

The building is of dark, coursed rock-faced rubble with pale ashlar dressings. There is a cill course, a band course and an eaves course and the linking section has a blocking course. The windows have projecting cills.

The principal elevation is to the northeast. The 5-storey section of around 1940 is to the left and has slightly advanced end bays. A 2-leaf timber entrance door is in a simple architrave to the right-hand bay. The 1908-1915, 7-bay section to the right has a central tripartite bay with a scrolled and finialled pediment. There are paired windows to either side.

The windows to the earlier section are predominantly timber casement windows with 6-pane glazing to the upper lights and 4-pane glazing to the lower lights. The later section has mainly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Both blocks have piended roofs with grey slates and there are cornices stacks with red clay cans.

The interior was seen in 2016. Some of the rooms have simple cornicing and there are some part glazed timber doors.