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Latitude: 55.93 / 55°55'48"N
Longitude: -3.1736 / 3°10'24"W
OS Eastings: 326772
OS Northings: 671395
OS Grid: NT267713
Mapcode National: GBR 8SP.NR
Mapcode Global: WH6ST.761T
Plus Code: 9C7RWRJG+2H
Entry Name: Royal Blind Asylum And School, West Savile Road, Newington, Edinburgh
Listing Name: West Savile Road and Craigmillar Park, Royal Blind School, Including Boundary Walls and Gate Lodge
Listing Date: 25 March 1997
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 390979
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44443
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200390979
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Charles Leadbetter, 1874; 20th century additions and alterations.
3 storey and attic, French-style former asylum with central entrance tower and flanking wings; 1960s extension adjoining to W and recent glazed extension to rear. Squared and snecked cream rubble sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; dividing band courses above ground and 1st floor windows; cill course to 1st floor windows; eaves course; cornice.
S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 4 stage circular plan tower with flanking 4 bay linking blocks and advanced terminal blocks. Tower with central porch incorporating round arched doorway; 2 leaf panelled outer door; plate glass fanlight; flanking slender engaged columns; carved heraldic panel above door depicting rampant lion and unicorn; flanking single windows; single windows to 2nd stage above set in lugged architraves; single round arched windows to 3rd stage with carved floral garlands between; octagonal 4th stage with windows set in round arched panels and crenellated parapet incorporating clock faces. Linking blocks adjoining to left and right; regular fenestration with pitched roofed dormers above. Terminal blocks; central tripartite windows to ground and 1st floors; bipartite windows to 2nd floor; dormers with round arched pediments.
E ELEVATION: 5 bay with 3 central bays advanced; bipartite windows to ground, 1st and 2nd floors; tripartite windows to M gabled attic to central bays; pedimented dormers to outer bays.
Plate glass PVCu pivot windows. Grey slate roofs; corniced ridge stacks.
INTERIOR: completely remodelled with no original features remaining.
BOUNDARY WALLS: low coped boundary wall to street; replacement railings.
GATE LODGE (CRAIGMILLAR PARK): single storey irregular-plan lodge with circular entrance tower to NE angle. Cream sandstone squared and snecked rubble with ashlar dressings. Base course; heraldic panel above doorway; eaves course; cornice. Irregular fenestration.
4 pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate pitched roof; fish scale slating to conical roof; corniced wallhead stack.
INTERIOR: not seen 1996.
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