Gate-Lodge, Nazareth House, Hillhead, Lasswade

Mid 19th century with later alterations and additions. Single storey baronial, Latin cross-plan gabled lodge in the style of William Burn with flat-roofed addition to rear (N). Stugged cream sandstone with polished and droved ashlar dressings (harling to rear). Painted, slightly raised cills; chamfered surrounds to windows on main block; droved quoins.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 2-bay with advanced gabled bay to left of centre with long side of cross to right. Modern entrance porch to re-entrant angle. Advanced 3-light, canted bay to gabled bay to left of centre; blank shield panel to gablehead above; thistle finial to gable. Bipartite window in long bay set back to right of centre.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay. Advanced, gabled bay to right (originally centre): bipartite window with blind slit to gablehead above; trefoil finial to gable apex. Bipartite window to additional bay, set back, to left of centre.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay. Window to gabled bay to left; Medieval style slit to gablehead above. Window to addition to right.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: advanced 2-bay, flat-roofed addition along rear elevation: bipartite window in each bay; lean-to timber porch with part-glazed door to outer left.

2-pane timber sash and case windows; modern replacement windows to addition. Grey slate roof; flat roof to addition; ashlar slab roof to canted bay. Stepped ashlar skews with block skewputts; ashlar cope to addition. Cast-iron rainwater goods, with replacement plastic guttering.

GATEPIERS AND QUADRANT WALLS: circular-plan gatepiers to main house with flat cope and hemi-spherical cap; smaller version to lodge W; replacement wrought-iron gates; squared sandstone rubble walls with shaped rubble cope.