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Balerno Lodge And Walled Garden, 36 Johnsburn Road, Balerno

A Category B Listed Building in Pentland Hills, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8831 / 55°52'59"N

Longitude: -3.346 / 3°20'45"W

OS Eastings: 315900

OS Northings: 666364

OS Grid: NT159663

Mapcode National: GBR 502D.DX

Mapcode Global: WH6SX.KDXB

Plus Code: 9C7RVMM3+6J

Entry Name: Balerno Lodge And Walled Garden, 36 Johnsburn Road, Balerno

Listing Name: 36 Johnsburn Road Balerno Lodge with Walled Garden, Boundary Wall and Gatepiers

Listing Date: 26 October 1994

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363868

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26956

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Balerno, 36 Johnsburn Road, Balerno Lodge And Walled Garden

ID on this website: 200363868

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Pentland Hills

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Gatehouse Walled garden

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Description

Earlier to mid 19th century. 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical block; stugged squared and snecked sandstone with ashlar margins and dressings; base course; eaves moulding; quoins; raised cills.

NE (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 3 bays symmetrially disposed; centre bay slightly recessed; moulded surround with ashlar lintel; broad panelled and glazed door, rectangular, 3-pane bordered fanlight; window above. Flanking bays, canted sandstone window at ground, chamfered reveals, lead roof; window above.

SE ELEVATION: 2-bay outer right block, windows symmetrically disposed; entrance bay recessed at centre, single storey piend roofed block at centre ground, now with modern rubble extension, door to right; 2-storey block to outer left, lean-to storage at ground, window at 1st floor.

2-pane sash and case windows in canted bays; 4-pane sash and case for remainder of house, 12-pane sash and case to outer left block on SE elevation. Grey slate piended roof with lead flashings; tall, corniced, square, grouped ridge stacks.

INTERIOR: not seen 1994

WALLED GARDEN: rectangular-plan walled garden to SW of house; high rubble wall with harl pointing, slab coping (heavy ivy cover on E wall); round-arched opening, modern wrought-iron gate.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: rubble quadrant walls with slab coping, ashlar gatepiers with cornice, pyramidal caps. outer piers similar; wrought iron gates. Boundary wall running along Johnsburn Road, rubble with harl-pointing, semicircular coping.

Statement of Interest

Balerno Lodge is shown on the 1st edition map.

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