Easter White House, Inveresk Village Road, Inveresk

The Easter White House is a complex of buildings spanning several dates, likely developing from an earlier 18th century two-story house with an attic and cellar. This original core was subsequently adjoined to the north by a mid to later 18th century house and later 18th century houses to the southeast. An early 19th century linking section connects to the southeast, with further additions to the northeast, and subsequent alterations and additions throughout. A small courtyard is formed at the center, and the complex was subdivided after 1953.

The buildings are primarily white-painted harled with painted ashlar dressings; some have chamfered arrises. The original 18th century house has three irregular bays to the west, featuring a corniced doorway with a pulvinated frieze, a panelled door with glazed upper panels, and irregularly spaced narrow windows under the eaves. There are two windows to the ground and first floors on the south elevation, and one attic window. Steeply pitched gables and end stacks are visible. Adjoining to the north gable is a mid to later 18th century house, slightly recessed with higher eaves and regular windows to the west, in each bay. First-floor windows were likely enlarged, and two large, later windows are positioned at the first floor of the north gable, with a broad gablehead stack.

A piend-roofed addition from the 19th century extends to the east corner, featuring a modern French window at ground level and two first-floor windows facing north.

The interior of the earlier 18th century house includes 19th century panelling in the entrance sitting room and first-floor drawing room, as well as a 20th century marble scale and platt staircase addition. Architectural features include an Adamesque chimneypiece, a coomb ceiling with decorative plasterwork in the drawing room, and a niche with a shell motif. Mural landscape paintings, likely dating to the 18th century, are found on the first floor.

The Easter Whitehouse section features a corniced doorway to the south, integrated within a narrow three-bay corniced linking block with a blocking course. It includes two-leaf panelled doors, stone mullioned windows flanking at ground level, and a large window at the center of the first floor. Grey slates cover the roof, with a stack at the east end. Late 18th century, irregular three-bay gabled blocks extend to the east, at right angles to the linking block. A door is located in the lower bays to the south, with swept dormerheads added later to the left. Brown pantiles and red pantiles are used for the roofing. Additional features include further additions to the east and at the entrance.

A variety of glazing patterns are present, predominantly small-pane and sash and case windows. Ashlar coped skews are also visible. Retaining walls constructed of rubble enclose the grounds to the south, by Crookston Road and Whitehouse Cottage, and gardens to the north and east. Weathered corniced ashlar gatepiers are topped with ball finials, and feature two-leaf arrowhead gates. A low ashlar coped wall with arrowhead railings runs along the south and west boundaries, while decorative wrought-iron gates provide access to the garden.