Fairmilehead Church, Frogston Road, Edinburgh

Leslie Grahame Thomson, 1937-38. Cruciform plan Church of Scotland Church in Scottish Arts and Crafts tradition. Tower projects to S at W end of nave; semicircular apse at E end. Gables swept at eaves. Parabolic and depressed arched openings; main entrances with deep splayed reveals. Slightly rock-faced irregular coursed pink Craigmillar sandstone with contrasting darker pink rock-faced sandstone dressings. Long and short dressings to most openings; stone eaves course.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2 semicircular-plan steps, up to central entrance with depressed arch and deep splayed reveals; 2-leaf timber door with applied metal fretwork motifs incorporating various Christian symbols. Parabolic-arched window above; arrowhead opening at apex of gable. Tower set back to right makes composition asymmetrical.

TOWER: 3 stages; 2 semicircular-plan steps, up to entrance with depressed arch to S side; 2-leaf timber door with applied metal fretwork motifs. Single parabolic-arched window on alternate levels to E and W sides; top stage corbelled out slightly; single parabolic arched louvred dormer window with curved coped gable head to each side. Boldly projecting eaves; piended ogee roof surmounted by lead cross with bi-directional arms.

NAVE: 6 bays; 2 westernmost to S side occupied by tower; otherwise divided by short coped butresses and with single parabolic arched window (apart from that to W of N side, which has entrance with depressed arch).

TRANSEPTS: both are single bay deep with parabolic-arched window and outer butress to Wside; parabolic-arched window to each gable end (that to N gable has depressed-arched entrance to left); arrowhead opening above. S transept has small extension projecting forward to right of gable end: depressed arched entrance with pair of 2-light mullion windows to right to W side; pair of mullion windows to E side; S transept adjoins part of late 20th century brick hall (built to replace 1959 structure).

APSE: semicircular- plan with central parabolic-arched window. Steps down to small cellar below.

Multi-pane leaded windows to main body of church; some with pivot-opening sections; stained glass windows along S side of nave and to S transept. Graded grey slate roof; single tall coped wallhead stack to E side of N transept.

INTERIOR: open-hall nave with parabolic arched roof rendered with stippled plasterwork and lit by row of circular lights along apex. Stained glass windows to apse and S side of church from 1950's and 60's by William Wilson and Abbey Studios. Original fixed lectern and font both with decorative plaster panels.