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The White House, 68-70 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9326 / 55°55'57"N

Longitude: -3.1385 / 3°8'18"W

OS Eastings: 328970

OS Northings: 671640

OS Grid: NT289716

Mapcode National: GBR 2B.Z8VM

Mapcode Global: WH6ST.R4PV

Plus Code: 9C7RWVM6+2J

Entry Name: The White House, 68-70 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh

Listing Name: Niddrie Mains Road and Craigmillar Castle Loan, the Whitehouse

Listing Date: 7 December 1995

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371173

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30325

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 68-70 Niddrie Mains Road, The White House

ID on this website: 200371173

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Portobello/Craigmillar

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

William Innes Thomson of W N Thomson and Co, 1936. 2-storey, irregular-plan International Modern roadhouse with Art Deco detailing, on corner site. Harled brick. Painted terrazzo base course; dividing band course; parapet.

N (NIDDRIE MAINS ROAD) ELEVATION: 3-bay including bowed angle bay. Broad entrance bay to outer right; doorway boarded up; bracketed canopy with blocking course and advertisement fin above; window to 1st floor. Central bay with full-height angled chimneybreast; slit windows flanking to both floors. 5-light bowed windows to both floors in bay to outer left.

E (CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE LOAN) ELEVATION: 2-storey in 2 bays to outer right, stepped single storey in 2 bays to outer left. Bracketed canopy over doorways between 2 bays to outer right; decorative iron grille to fanlight; advertisement fin above. Strip windows in bay to outer right.

S AND W ELEVATIONS: not seen 1995. Later replacement glazing. Flat roof.

INTERIOR: not seen 1995.

Statement of Interest

Built for Mrs T H Gair. The roadhouse was a new form of refreshment/entertainment building for the travelling public. The White House was one of the very few Edinburgh roadhouses to reflect the new type of building in an explicitly modern design. Originally the ground floor contained a saloon bar, a public bar, a tea room, and a skittle alley, whilst upstairs there was a billiard room and a lounge bar.

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