Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

44 WHITEHOUSE ROAD, ALMOND BANK HOUSE, INCLUDING BOUNDARY WALLLB29928

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
24/02/1997
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 18815 76523
Coordinates
318815, 676523

Description

1778 with various 20th century additions. Subdivided; 2-storey with attic, 3-bay classical house with basement at rear. Near symmetrical arrangement; rectangular-plan. Random yellow rubble sandstone; slightly raised, polished dressings; projecting cills; moulded eaves course; long and short rubble quoins; droved quoins at rear. Later glazed porch to central entry bay; small extension to NE; conservatory to S; pitched garage to N.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: pitched glazed porch on sandstone plinth centred at ground; single door beneath apex; tapering finial above. Replacement timber door set within original entry; surrounding doorpiece comprising architraved jambs, polished fluted frieze; dentil detailing, projecting cornice. Stone steps to timber panelled door in bay to right of centre; painted surround; single window at ground in bay to outer right; bipartite window in bay to outer left (painted surrounds to both); regularly fenestrated in all 3 bays at 1st floor.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: rendered single storey piended addition in bay to left; single window at 1st floor in bay to outer right; small single attic window centred in apex.

S (SIDE) ELEVATION: pitched conservatory off-set to left of centre; single window at ground in bay to outer right. Single windows at 1st floor off-set to right of centre; single attic window centred in apex.

W (REAR) ELEVATION: single windows in all bays at basement, ground and 1st floors; piended dormer at centre. Flat-roofed single-storey glazed addition to left; various additions behind.

Predominantly 4-pane timber sash and case windows; 2-pane sash and case windows to bipartite in bay to left of entry. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; sandstone apex stacks to N and S; stone coping; various circular cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1996.

BOUNDARY WALL: coped random rubble sandstone wall to N. Painted brick gatepiers flank entry at S; octagonal caps.

Statement of Special Interest

Once home to Thomas Edington and his wife, Christian Cadell (sister of Edington?s business partner with whom he co-founded the Cadell iron company in 1759), the house stood as a tangible symbol of the company?s wealth, power and control over those working along the river (note the direct outlook over Cockle Mill). Both the ground and 1st floor flats are known as No 44 Whitehouse Road.

References

Bibliography

Appears on J Leslie & Son?s PLAN OF THE ROADS WITHIN AND CONNECTED WITH THE CRAMOND DISTRICT, 1812; Thomas Carfae?s MAP OF THE LANDS OF FAIRAFAR, 1839; Ordnance Survey map, 1895; NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND: EDINBURGH (1845) p600; E J MacRae, THE HERITAGE OF GREATER EDINBURGH (1947) p11 and sheet III; B Skinner, THE CRAMOND IRON WORKS, (1965); M Cant, VILLAGES OF EDINBURGH (1984) p48; CRAMOND HERITAGE PARK: POLICY REPORT (1985) City of Edinburgh District Council; J Wood, THE ANTIENT AND MODERN STATE OF THE PARISH OF CRAMOND (reprinted 1994).

About Listed Buildings

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Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

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