Castlehill School, 354 Castlehill, Edinburgh

Robert Wilson, 1887. 2 storeys and attic to Castlehill, 3 storeys and attic to Johnston Terrace; former school (now Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre) with Scottish Baronial detailing. Squared and snecked lightly stugged sandstone with red sandstone dressings. Long and short quoins. Crowstepped gables. Windows in roll-moulded surrounds.

N (CASTLEHILL) ELEVATION: 6 bays: transomed windows in pedimented roll-moulded architraves to ground floor. Moulded string course stepping up over blank heraldic shield to centre between ground and 1st floors. Transomed windows in roll-moulded surrounds to 1st floor. Chequer-set corbelling to eaves; balustraded parapet; solid to centre; 2-window crowstepped nepus gable with apex stack; circular carved panel in gable.

S (JOHNSTON TERRACE) ELEVATION: round-arched openings to ground floor: flat-headed doors and windows with Diocletian windows over; double string courses between floors. Tall projecting gabled 3-bay block to centre with angle buttresses and bartizans with conical slated roofs; string course stepping up over 3 blank shields to centre at 1st floor; transomed windows to 2nd floor with carved panel (CASTLE HILL SCHOOL) beneath; bracketed and balustraded balcony to mullioned and transomed window with segmental pediment in gable, flanked by carved panels with initials and date (1887). Recessed 3-bay wings: transomed windows to 1st and 2nd floors; string course stepping up over blank shields between outer left and right bays to 2nd floor; blind oculi in gables over 2 bays to outer right and left.

JANITOR'S HOUSE, 17 JOHNSTON TERRACE:

S (JOHNSTON TERRACE) ELEVATION: 3-storeys, 2-bays: timber panelled door to ground in roll-moulded surround; 2 round-arched windows to right; paired small windows to left; mullioned and transomed oriel to right at 1st floor; mullioned bipartite to right at 2nd floor with crowstepped dormerhead breaking eaves; blind oculus in gable; single windows to left at 1st and 2nd floors.

N ELEVATION: crowstepped gable to projecting porch to right with blind oculus above timber panelled door; narrow window to left, small paired windows above.

Small ancillary buildings to E and W with similar details to main building.

Small-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Greenish-grey slates. Terracotta ridge tiles. Conical slated ventilator to ridge. Tall end stacks with circular cans.

RAILINGS AND RETAINING WALL: tall squared and snecked lightly stugged sandstone retaining wall with roll-moulded cornice and gabletted crenellation to ashlar parapet; round-arched ashlar gateways with cast-iron gates (Boys' and Girls').