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Priory Lodge, 8 The Loan, South Queensferry

A Category C Listed Building in Almond, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9899 / 55°59'23"N

Longitude: -3.3975 / 3°23'51"W

OS Eastings: 312916

OS Northings: 678320

OS Grid: NT129783

Mapcode National: GBR 20.VQP2

Mapcode Global: WH6S9.SPBX

Plus Code: 9C7RXJQ2+XX

Entry Name: Priory Lodge, 8 The Loan, South Queensferry

Listing Name: 8 the Loan, Priory Lodge

Listing Date: 19 December 1979

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 386318

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40393

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200386318

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Almond

Traditional County: West Lothian

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Description

Circa 1870. Gothic villa. Single storey and attic; 2-bay and south wing. Snecked rubble; ashlar margins.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: shouldered doorway recessed to outer right; 2-light windows; cusped heads in bays at ground floor. 2 half-timbered gablet dormers painted black with white tympana; 2-light windows with cusped heads; straight barge boards; diagonally boarded tympana; ball finials.

N ELEVATION: not seen 2000.

E ELEVATION: central timber door. First floor painted white; 3-windows regularly spaced. Brick extension painted white at right; forestair to door; flanking window.

S ELEVATION: demi octagonal prjection; door with fanlight in west flank. Single window with cusped head in left bay.

Modern PVC glazing to original patter: upper sashes 12-pane; lower sashes 2-pane. Purple slate roof; finials to ridges; central ashlar stack; cast-iron rainwater goods, including decorative brackets.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

Statement of Interest

A good example of later 19th century gothic. This house is the only example of this style in the town centre and provides an interesting contrast to the predominantly vernacular designs of the High Street.

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