Balaclava House, Redford Cavalry Barracks, Colinton Road, Edinburgh

Balaclava House was built by Harry B Measures between 1909 and 1915. It is a 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, irregular-plan villa with advanced gabled outer bays and has a swept, piended roof.

The building is of dark, coursed rock-faced rubble with pale ashlar dressings and the windows have projecting cills. The principal elevation to the northeast has advanced gables to the outer bays with tripartite windows to both floors. There is an off-centre advanced bell-cast roof porch with a cat-slide roof behind. Above is a 6-light dormer and a further 3-light dormer to the attic. The gables have slit windows. There is a single-storey extension to the left.

The garden elevation to the southwest has an advanced central gable and a box bay window to the ground floor.

The windows have mostly been replaced with pvc casements with plate glass. There are grey graded slates to the roof and wallhead and roof chimney stacks with red clay chimney cans.

The former stables date to between 1909 and 1915 and are situated to the east. It is a 2-storey, gabled stable building with a single-storey wing to the east and a walled forecourt to the south. Currently converted to offices (2016). It has coursed rubble at ground floor and is rendered above. There is a central, part-glazed entrance door set in a round-arch, with a hayloft door above. To the left is a 2-leaf timber barn door. The wing has a timber stable door and a flat-roofed dormer.

The windows are mostly timber casement windows with small, multi-pane glazing. The roof has grey slates, raised skews and an apex chimney stack to the rear.

The interior was seen in 2016. The building has been converted to offices. It has a straight stair and a corner fire surround to the upper storey.