South Lodge, Pittendreich, Melville Dykes Road, Lasswade

Possibly Lorimer and Matthew. Early 20th century. Single storey with attic, 2-bay lodge in the style of Robert Lorimer with boat-bow dormers, bell-cast roof and eyebrow window to rear. Harled with tooled ashlar door surrounds and polished ashlar cills.

SE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: irregular 2-bay: bipartite window at ground in bay offset to left of centre. Boat-bow dormer above. Window at ground in bay offset to right. Tall stack to (slightly lower) roof apex above.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: single window at ground to centre with roof curving over it above. Small boarded hatch door to right flank; stepped screen wall to outer right with lean-to shed behind.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3-bay, grouped 1-2 with advanced bay to left. Doorway with part-glazed door at ground in bay set back to centre; small, narrow window offset to left, high in roof above. Window at ground in bay to right. Window in advanced bay to left.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: 3-bay: window at ground in bay to centre; tall and wide stack to mid roof above. Window in bay to right. Boarded door in bay to left.

12-, 9- and 4-pane timber sash and case windows; timber mullions to tripartites; small-pane casement windows to dormer and flanking door; curved eyebrow window; flush lights to roof. Grey slate piended roof, curved over rear window; slate to dormer; concrete ridges; harled stacks with ashlar copes; lead rhones; remaining rainwater goods cast-iron.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: short, squared sandstone rubble piers with flat ashlar cope; short squared rubble quadrant and boundary walls with flat and curved ashlar cope respectively.