Walls, Stable block Craigiehall is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 January 1981.

Walls, Stable block Craigiehall

WRENN ID
plain-keystone-wax
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 January 1981
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The stable block at Craigiehall is a near-symmetrical U-plan complex primarily dating from around the 1860s, with some fabric from the 18th century incorporated into its design. The complex is largely enclosed on its east side by a screen wall with gatepiers dated 1749. The main west range is two storeys and an attic, with five bays, and is flanked by lower, three-bay wings. Projecting single-storey wings extend from the north and south sides, forming the U-plan layout. A coped rubble wall is located on the east side of the courtyard. Later additions include a late 20th-century single-storey lean-to to the southwest and an upper-storey extension to the northwest.

The building is constructed of random rubble with stugged ashlar margins and projecting window cills. The west elevation facing the courtyard features a slightly advanced central gabled bay, with a round-arched entrance door centrally located, an armorial panel above the door, and a clock at attic level. An octagonal belfry sits at the gable apex. Four segmental-arched cart-arches are present at ground floor level, now infilled with entrance doors and windows; one arch is dated 1757. The attic dormers break the eaves and are mostly gabled, with one cat-slide dormer present. The rear elevation features an advanced central five-bay section and a mix of single and bipartite window arrangements. The brickwork includes triangular skews with bracketed skewputts and coped gablehead and ridge chimney stacks.

The gabled north and south wings have irregular window patterns with irregularly spaced timber entrance doors. A finial sits at the gablehead of the south wing. Windows are predominantly 12-pane timber sash and case windows, with some 8-pane windows and hoppered windows to the north range. The roofs are covered with graded grey slates.

The east side of the courtyard is partially enclosed by a stugged, squared, and snecked sandstone wall with ogee ashlar coping that sweeps upwards to a pair of central gatepiers. These coped gatepiers are square in plan, featuring deep fluted, banded pilasters, and bear the dates 'ANNO 1749' and the inscription 'CAR H W'.

An inspection in 2016 revealed that the west section has been converted into separate office rooms, with a winding stone stair located at the centre of this section. The south wing has been adapted for use as a chapel.

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