St Andrew's Ambulance Association, St Andrew's House, Scottish Ambulance Service And 48 Milton Street, Maitland Street

This is a 3-storey and attic ambulance station and headquarters building, constructed circa 1966-70 for the St Andrew's Ambulance Association and later the Scottish Ambulance Service. The design was by Skinner, Bailey & Lubetkin, with Bailey and Robb (Douglas Carr Bailey being the partner in charge), and built by Logicon Ltd and Drummond Lithgow. It occupies a prominent corner site and features a distinctive red glass and perspex emblematic cross. Originally two linked blocks, the connection is now unobtrusively blocked. The building is constructed from squared and snecked bull-faced stone to the ground floor, with predominantly white tesserae on the upper floors. Bays are largely divided by simple concrete columns, with storeys separated by brown glass panels.

The north (principal) elevation, facing Milton Street, is dominated by a large, night-illuminated projecting St Andrew’s cross of red glass and perspex, set within a glazed recess, with an entrance to the St Andrew's Ambulance Association below. The west (Maitland Street) elevation incorporates a block with a relocated statue of St Andrew from a previous building. A blank two-storey linking block stands to the right, alongside a block featuring long, regular facades with lettering proclaiming "SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE" and a St Andrew’s cross to the top floor. A two-leaf metal and glass entrance with side lights leads into the Scottish Ambulance Service building, alongside a vehicular entrance to a ground-floor garage. This block terminates to the south with a lower, recessed two-storey wing. Various glazing types are present, including plate glass sliding sash windows and single pane tilting windows. The roof is flat.

The interior of the Scottish Ambulance Service section is plain, featuring a white-tiled ground-floor garage. The St Andrew's Ambulance Association section retains an exceptional interior. This includes a large, full-height entrance hall, with the prominent St Andrew’s cross as described on the principal elevation, and a striking, irregular triangular plan staircase curving to the ground floor, featuring metal balusters and a timber handrail. Bronze war memorials commemorate the First and Second World Wars, and Allan Hannah. A large, timber-floored hall, complete with a stage and an unveiled plaque by HM Queen Mother, is also present, alongside a hoist mechanism. Walls are timber panelled with tall vertical timber sections and raised timber pegs, with a boardroom in a similar style featuring rough, unvarnished timber. A white-tiled garage occupies part of the ground floor.