Elmbank School, 4 Edinburgh Road, Dumfries

Mid 19th century. Barge-boarded picturesque large

asymmetrical villa. Single storey with attics, 2nd storey

squeezed in at N below eaves and with turreted

rectangular bay a storey higher with grouped flues and

with finialed pavilion roof. Stugged red coursers with

polished dressings and chamfered margins. S (entrance)

elevation 3 bays with gabled shallow inner porch

(panelled door with fanlight and hood-mould), gable to

left with main roof carried over full-height projecting

bay (latter canted at ground); right bay with dormer.

Long W elevation has off-centre gable, projecting ground

floor bipartite to right and dormers. Sash windows mainly

with 4-pane glazing pattern. Projecting eaves;

elaborately carved barge boards; stacks with grouped flues;

fish-scale slated roofs. Interior: some alterations; now

divided into 2 flats, school at ground level, radio

studios above; staircase removed at ground; some cornice

plasterwork; panelled doors in architraves.