St Benets, 42 Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh

John Henderson, circa 1859. Adjoining chapel by Robert Weir Schultz, 1950-7 (see separate listing). Alterations by Reginald Fairlie 1930-34. 2-storey near rectangular-plan Scottish 17th century villa. Squared and snecked pink sandstone with polished dressings. Cill course to garden front; crowstepped gables; chamfered reveals.

N ENTRANCE elevation: flat-roofed porch (1930-34) adjoining house to outer right and linking chapel; roll-moulded doorway with St Andrew panel and motto "Salva me bona crux"; deep-set boarded door. Advanced gabled bay to outer right of house; 2 single windows at ground;machicolated corbel table above; 2 slit windows at 1st floor; single window in gablehead. Tall round-headed stairwindow to centre. Single window at ground to outer left. High coped wall screening piend-roofed garage adjoining to N; flat-roofed rendered garage and service wing adjoining to E. S GARDEN elevation: 3-bay. bay to outer left with rounded angle at ground, breaking eaves as tower with saddleback roof; paired single windows at ground and 1st floors; single window breaking eaves in pointed-arched pediment. 2-storey, 5-light canted window in central bay; slate roof. Segmental-arched window at ground in bay toouter right; single window at 1st floor with bracketted pediment. W ELEVATION: 3-bay. Linking block to chapel at ground floor. Single window with corbelled pointed-arched pediment at 1st floor in 1st bay. Single window at 1st floor in 2nd bay. Square section bartizan with slit windows clasping NW angle of saddleback-roofed tower (see S elevation). E ELEVATION: M-gabled. Flat-roofed service and garage wing at ground; 2 segmental-arched windows at 1st floor centre; single window to right.Small-pane sash and case windows; plate glass sash and case windows to S. Grey slate roof; corniced gablehead stacks; double shouldered wallhead stack to N; moulded eaves guttering; beak skewputts. INTERIOR: decorative plaster cornices; timber fireplaces; timber balustrade and handrail; glass cupola over entrance hall.