Dalkeith Park House, 177 High Street, Dalkeith

Dalkeith Park House is a substantial, two-storey Jacobean-baronial style house, dating to circa 1830 and designed by William Burn. Originally a private residence, it has been converted into flats. A single-storey wing connects to a stable and coach house range at the southwest corner of the property. The main house is constructed from stugged ashlar stone, with the west and south elevations built from stugged, squared, and coursed rubble. Chamfered reveals and deeply chamfered cills are present, although replacement concrete cills and lintels have been introduced to accommodate enlarged windows. A base course runs around the building, and a string course separates the ground and first floors. Gableheads feature slits or square blank panels.

The east elevation is five bays wide, with advanced gabled bays centrally and to the left, a slightly advanced gabled bay to the right, and a recessed bay to the far left, incorporating a re-entrant stair tower. A blocked original main door, featuring a moulded surround and a hoodmould extending over a blank panel, is located in the outer right bay. A canted bay window with a blind strapworked parapet is centrally positioned; an enlarged window is situated above it on the first floor. New doors have been inserted into former window openings, flanking the central bay (numbered 1 to the left and 3 to the right). Another door (number 2) occupies the original opening on the return of the advanced centre bay to the left, beneath a bracketed chimney stack. Dormerheads are present in the bays to the outer left and inner right, now truncated. Fenestration is regularly disposed. A circular tower, with four narrow, four-pane windows, interrupts the fenestration of the outer bay, which also contains a blind window at first floor and a lean-to block at ground level.

The north elevation is M-gabled to the right, with a recessed bay to the left. A canted bay window, matching that on the east elevation, sits between the two gabled bays, with two first-floor windows positioned above, following the line of the string course. A dormerhead is located above the recessed bay.

The west elevation has six bays, with a lower, recessed bay to the inner right. The outer bays are gabled, and a tall, 18-pane window is present on the ground floor of the outer left bay, with a matching first-floor window above the string course. The remaining bays feature regularly placed windows, predominantly replacements, with an additional eight-pane replacement window to the left of the inner right bay.

The south elevation consists of a single-storey wing to the left and a modern porch (number 4) to the right. A set-off wallhead stack interrupts the dormerhead of a bracketed window to the left. Several windows are visible to the right.

Most windows have a 12-pane glazing pattern within sash and case frames. Gable-coped skewes are present, some with kneelers; bracketed skewputts and skewblocks are on the north side. Corniced chimney stacks enhance the composition. The tower has a conical roof with an eaves course and a spike finial. Large grey slates cover the roof. Some original rainwater goods remain, piercing the string course.

Interior features vary depending on the flat. In flat number 1 (first floor), there is some room subdivision, coved ceilings with plain cornices, a marble fireplace, and a circular, spoked ceiling light in the hall. Flat number 3 (ground floor) retains some original rooms, with some subdivision to the west, and features original moulded door surrounds and cornices.

The coach house is a single-storey building with a hayloft, exhibiting similar detailing to the main house. It has been converted to include three garages to the southeast and a separate dwelling (number 5) to the southeast. The gabled elevation projects beyond the main house to the west, and includes a gabled former carriage arch on the north return. A semicircular, coped rubble wall encloses the garden to the south.