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Latitude: 55.9248 / 55°55'29"N
Longitude: -3.3804 / 3°22'49"W
OS Eastings: 313839
OS Northings: 671057
OS Grid: NT138710
Mapcode National: GBR 21.ZNJ6
Mapcode Global: WH6SQ.1BKS
Plus Code: 9C7RWJF9+WR
Entry Name: Gate Lodge, Ratho Hall, Edinburgh
Listing Name: Ratho Village, 49 Baird Road (Former Lodge) and Boundary Wall
Listing Date: 8 March 1994
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 364998
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27700
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, Ratho Hall, Gate Lodge
ID on this website: 200364998
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Pentland Hills
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Gatehouse
Earlier 19th century. 2 storey with 1st floor accessed from rising ground to W, built into boundary wall and apparently raised from single storey. Cruciform-plan lodge. Squared, coursed whinstone for principal floor; rubble for basement; sandstone dressings; droved margins and quoins. Eaves band; band course.
W ELEVATION: former main elevation on higher ground; portico on Doric piers and pilasters; window at centre (former door). Low rubble boundary wall runs to left, ashlar gatepier built into left corner; modern flat-roofed addition to right.
N ELEVATION: single window; recessed returns of W and E elevations.
S ELEVATION: central projecting bay; window at ground and 1st floor; window at ground in right return; modern addition to outer right.
E ELEVATION: 2-storey; boundary wall (into which lodge was built) runs to right; coping continues as band course to house when raised to 2-storey; later window at ground and 1st floor; door in boundary wall to right.
12-pane uPVC windows; grey slate piend and platform roof; truncated stacks at centre of roof. Overhanging timber eaves and moulded guttering (as cornice).
BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: boundary wall to Baird Street, rough rubble and pointing as basement of house proper; wall curves to sandstone ashlar pier at upper level; rubble pier at ground N; wall continues in curve to W with coursed whinstone parapet with sandstone string course and coping.
This house was formerly the lodge of Ratho Hall. Ratho Hall is listed separately.
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