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Leuchold Gatelodge, Dalmeny House, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Almond, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9874 / 55°59'14"N

Longitude: -3.3671 / 3°22'1"W

OS Eastings: 314809

OS Northings: 677998

OS Grid: NT148779

Mapcode National: GBR 21.VZDZ

Mapcode Global: WH6SB.7RWW

Plus Code: 9C7RXJPM+W5

Entry Name: Leuchold Gatelodge, Dalmeny House, Edinburgh

Listing Name: Dalmeny House, Leuchold Gate Lodge, Including Gatepiers

Listing Date: 30 January 1981

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 336975

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB5506

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, Dalmeny House, Leuchold Gatelodge

ID on this website: 200336975

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Almond

Traditional County: West Lothian

Tagged with: Gatehouse Architectural structure

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Description

Probably William Wilkins, circa 1825, re-working earlier cottage. Single storey L-plan gate lodge. Squared and snecked rubble, with droved and polished dressings. Rectangular hoodmoulds. Corniced skews to gableheads. Moulded eaves course. Chamfered arrises. Long and short quoins. Stone mullions.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 2-bay, comprising bipartite window to left, and bipartite window in centre of projecting gable to right, modern timber door on return to left. Later harled and flat-roofed addition to outer right, with modern door and glazing. Tooled and painted name panel at quoin to outer left, reading ?Leuchold Gate?.

W ELEVATION: single bay; bipartite window at centre, jerkin-headed gable.

N ELEVATION: 3-bay, comprising bipartite window to projecting bay at right; single windows at centre and left. Harled at outer left.

Modern extensions to rear.

Predominantly lying-pane timber sash and case windows. Graded grey slate roof; tall, octagonal, ashlar sandstone ridge stacks at centre, with circular cans; cast-iron rainwater goods.

GATEPIERS: stone; polygonal with shallow pyramidal caps.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Dalmeny House, including Barnbougle Castle, Barnbougle Gate Lodge, Dalmeny House Boundary Wall, Chapel Gate Lodge, East Craigie Farmhouse, East Craigie Gate Lodge, Edinburgh Gate Lodge, Dalmeny House Gardener's Cottage, Dalmeny House Home Farm, Dalmeny House Home Farm Laundry, Leuchold, Longcraig Gate Lodge, 1, 2, 3 and 4 Long Green, Newhalls Gate Lodge, Dalmeny House Stable Block and Dalmeny House Walled Garden (see separate listings).

Details in common with Chapel Gate Lodge, such as the skew coping, moulded at the gablehead, and the tall central stacks.

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