Eskside House, 8 Eskside West, Musselburgh

1819, 2 storey villa, symmetrical 3 windows wide. Central

arched doorway containing original fanlight and narrow

side lights; railed steps up. Piended slate roof, droved

ashlar front, with 1st floor cill string course; south

side rubble; north rendered; end stacks. 6 pane sash

windows. Rendered high garden wall, with battered top,

central doorway with raised sandstone margins and coping

above. Modern vehicular gateway towards north end.

Octagonal gazebo dated 1776. Domed slate roof with urn

finial. Chimney in form of an urn, above eaves at angle

to right of door. Ogee headed window on back side, above

level of garden wall. Curved parapetted forestair, housing

external heating furnace, leads to ogee headed doorway

with fanlight; sandstone rubble with raised window and

door margins. 9 pane top, 6 lower sash windows. Brick

vaults over mainroom and cellar.