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The Hermitage, 115 Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Morningside, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9347 / 55°56'4"N

Longitude: -3.1997 / 3°11'58"W

OS Eastings: 325148

OS Northings: 671943

OS Grid: NT251719

Mapcode National: GBR 8MN.C2

Mapcode Global: WH6SS.T3J6

Plus Code: 9C7RWRM2+V4

Entry Name: The Hermitage, 115 Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 115 Whitehouse Loan Gillis College the Hermitage

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 371739

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30666

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 115 Whitehouse Loan, The Hermitage

ID on this website: 200371739

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Morningside

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1860. 2-storey, near L-plan villa with Baronial details including polygonal tower at re-entrant angle, set on sloping ground. Squared and snecked stugged sandstone with polished dressings and droved margins. Crowstepped gables; chamfered reveals.

S ENTRANCE elevation: doorway in 2nd bay; 2 square single windows above. Full-height corniced and canopied canted window in bay to outer left; single window set in gablehead above. Polygonal stairtower recessed in re-entrant angle to outer right; single window to each face; corbelled cornice and parapet; 2 pedimented dormerheads breaking parapet facetted pyramidal roof; iron weathervane finial.

E ELEVATION: segmental-arched window at 1st floor in gabled bay to outer right; single window in gablehead; polygonal stairtower (see above) set in re-entrant angle to centre; single window at 1st floor behind tower; single window breaking eaves in pedimented dormerhead. Canted bay to outer left corbelled to square above timber traceried window; single window set in gablehead.

W AND N elevations: single windows irregularly disposed. Predominantly plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; coped rendered and lined gablehead stack to N, pedimented dormers to W and N; beaked skewputts; stone finials to E gables.

INTERIOR: not seen 1991.

High coped boundary wall forming courtyard adjoining house to E.

Statement of Interest

A-group with other Gillis College buildings. See listing of conventual buildings for extent of curtilage.

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