Description

W J Walker Todd. 1928. 2-storey, 9-bay, U-plan, symmetrical early Scottish classical style boarding house with attic and piended roof. Advanced outer bays; large windows at ground in recessed arches with entablature supported on pilasters and carved stonework to tympanum. Central pilastered doorway with scrolled carved stonework flanking window above. Semi-octagonal stair towers to side elevations. Harled with sandstone dressings. Base course, projecting cornice above 1st floor, eaves course; lintels with projecting keystones to main elevations; cill course to some parts of side and rear elevations. Regular fenestration with piend-roofed dormers to attic. Rendered quadrant link wall with ashlar copes and base course to Main school building; central roll-moulded architraved gateway with bracketed cornice and blocking course above.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 3 stone steps leading to central door; pilastered doorway with entablature and plain tablet above; architraved window above with flanking scrolls.

W AND E (SIDE) ELEVATIONS: 3-sided canted bay to centre: door to basement, staircase windows above. Oculus window at 1st floor; small rectangular windows to attic. Regularly fenestrated 3-bay sections to right and left. Slightly lower 3-bay wing to S: central door with tabbed architrave and simple canopy; blind architraved tablet above; flanking windows to both floors.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: regularly fenestrated 3-storey block to centre; 3-storey and attic advanced outer bays with timber doors at ground and piend-roofed dormers to attic.

12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; 9-pane circular window and 2 & 3-pane lights to canted bays. Piended grey slate roof with ridge tiles and lead flashings. Buff painted cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative metal hoppers and enclosed gutters across attic windows. Some roof lights to lower rear wing. Harled stacks with ashlar copes; short clay cans

INTERIOR: in use as a house for boys boarding at the school.

Statement of Interest

B-Group with Colinton Castle, Dovecot, Ha-Ha, Gibson House (formerly Colinton House), Stables, House at Walled Garden, Walled Garden, Garden Store, Main School Building, Chalmers House, Headmaster's House, South Lodge, Gatepiers and Boundary wall. Rogerson House is used by boys boarding at the school for accommodation and study. Built in conjunction with Merchiston Castle School and its Memorial Hall, the house shares many stylistic similarities. Like Chalmers, Rogerson takes its name from a former headmaster of the school. John Johnston Rogerson was in charge for 35 years and became known as "The Chief". He oversaw the influx of new pupils that further advanced the reputation of the school. Under him, the boys' day started at 7.30am and finished, after prep, at 9pm. He ensured the survival of the school by making it a private company in 1896.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17791673

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