Description

John Fraser of Colinton (builder), circa 1811. Single-storey, 3-bay, symmetrical, piend-roofed cottage with tall ashlar wall-head stacks, on sloping site at graveyard. Squared snecked sandstone rubble with tooled dressings and quoins. Central timber panelled door to NW with small-pane fanlight; windows flanking to left and right. Small window to rear with flanking larger windows. 9-pane windows to sides, that to NE in blocked doorway.

Predominantly 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Corniced wallhead stacks; squat clay cans. Graded grey slate.

Statement of Interest

A simple, but attractive building standing in a prominent position at the entrance to the cemetery, and between St Cuthbert's Church and the bridge. At www.scran.ac.uk the RCAHMS date the building to about 1811. It was originally the schoolmaster's house for Colinton school, which occupied the building at 2 Woodhall Road (built 1815). There had been an earlier school between the church and the manse, which was demolished in the early nineteenth century due to disrepair. The cemetery occupies the former site of Spylaw Mill, which was demolished in 1916.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56632466

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)