Railings And Gatepiers, Thorniedean House Including Boundary Walls, Melrose Road

Circa 1865. 2-storey and attic (3-storey and attic to rear), 3-bay, rectangular-plan house. Distinctive triple-gabled front and rear elevations on a stepped plan. Squared whin to front elevation, whin rubble to sides and rear. Sandstone ashlar dressings throughout. Prominent site on a rise above Gala Water and immediately adjacent to the Edinburgh Road. Oriented NW-SE. Large canted ashlar bays to NW and SW.

NE (FRONT) ELEVATION: stepped elevation of 3 gables. Central pilastered entrance. Regular fenestration. Corbelled stack to right gable.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: stepped elevation of 3 gables. Regular fenestration. Large full-height canted bay to left gable. Timber lean-to extension to lower right.

NW (SIDE) ELEVATION: double gable. Wide ashlar full-height canted bay to left.

Plate glass, 4-pane and multi-pane timber sash and case windows throughout. Green slate roof with ashlar skews and corbelled skewputts. Ashlar gablehead stacks, clay cans.

INTERIOR: many original decorative details survive. Plaster cornices. Timber stair with cast iron balusters. Stained glass stair window. Mosaic tiled porch. Moulded stone fireplaces. Stone shelving in basement. Timber joinery throughout. Herring-bone oak flooring.

BOUNDARY WALL: low rubble boundary wall to road with ashlar coping. Timber fence in place of railings. High rubble retaining wall to the NW.