Almondbank House, 44 Whitehouse Road, Edinburgh

1778 with various 20th century additions. Subdivided; 2-storey with attic, 3-bay classical house with basement at rear. Near symmetrical arrangement; rectangular-plan. Random yellow rubble sandstone; slightly raised, polished dressings; projecting cills; moulded eaves course; long and short rubble quoins; droved quoins at rear. Later glazed porch to central entry bay; small extension to NE; conservatory to S; pitched garage to N.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: pitched glazed porch on sandstone plinth centred at ground; single door beneath apex; tapering finial above. Replacement timber door set within original entry; surrounding doorpiece comprising architraved jambs, polished fluted frieze; dentil detailing, projecting cornice. Stone steps to timber panelled door in bay to right of centre; painted surround; single window at ground in bay to outer right; bipartite window in bay to outer left (painted surrounds to both); regularly fenestrated in all 3 bays at 1st floor.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: rendered single storey piended addition in bay to left; single window at 1st floor in bay to outer right; small single attic window centred in apex.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: pitched conservatory off-set to left of centre; single window at ground in bay to outer right. Single windows at 1st floor off-set to right of centre; single attic window centred in apex.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: single windows in all bays at basement, ground and 1st floors; piended dormer at centre. Flat-roofed single-storey glazed addition to left; various additions behind.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows; 2-pane sash and case windows to bipartite in bay to left of entry. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; sandstone apex stacks to N and S; stone coping; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: coped random rubble sandstone wall to N. Painted brick gatepiers flank entry at S; octagonal caps.