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