Edinburgh Gatelodge, Dalmeny House, Edinburgh

Early 19th century. Single storey L-plan gate lodge, with refurbishments of circa 1825. Stugged and droved squared sandstone, with ashlar sandstone dressings. Base course. Wooden eaves course, almost continuous. Open pediments to gableheads. Rectangular hoodmoulds to windows. Chamfered arrises. Revealed rafter ends at S gable.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2-bay, comprising 2-leaf timber door at centre of wooden porch in projecting gable to left, flanked by single lying-pane windows at sides, with canopy and timber posts creating open verandah, with 4-cornered arch decoration. Single windows to bay at right, and to return elevation, facing E.

W ELEVATION: 3-bay, comprising bipartite window in projecting central bay, flanked by bipartite window to right, and single window, with projecting cill, in harled bay to left. Tooled and painted name panel at quoin to outer right, reading ?Edinburgh Gate?.

N ELEVATION: harled later addition, with modern window at left.

E ELEVATION: modern timber door to left of projecting bay; harled with tooled quoins.

Predominantly bipartite windows. Graded grey slate roof, piended hipped gable at S; tall, octagonal, ashlar sandstone ridge stacks, coped with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

GATEPIERS: stone; polygonal with shallow pyramidal caps.