Leith Walk Primary School Janitor's Lodge, 8, Brunswick Road, Edinburgh

LODGE: single storey, L- plan Gothic lodge. Squared, snecked, tooled sandstone. Chamfered base course (excluding rear elevation). Predominantly regular fenestration; shouldered windows; chamfered cills; all windows currently (2003) boarded up.

Leith Walk Primary School is a good example of School Board architecture of the larger scale, demonstrating an effective use of massing and retaining much of its original form and details. It remains in use as a primary school. Leith Walk Primary School was designed for the Edinburgh School Board in 1875, at a time when this area of the city, between Leith Walk and Easter Road, was undergoing a fairly rapid period of industrial and residential development, thus necessitating the construction of a large local school. The addition of a substantial number of new classrooms only a decade later demonstrates the speed at which the local population was increasing. The Edinburgh School board was established shortly following the 1872 Education Act. They took over some existing burgh school, but also instigated the construction of many more. The carved depiction of 'Education and her pupils' is to be found on all Edinburgh School Board buildings, although almost always held in a roundel, rather than the more unusual pointed arch as at Leith Walk Primary. Leith Walk Primary was one of the very first of the board schools to be built. Initially, the Board used several architects, but from the 1880s they had secured their own architect, Robert Wilson. John Carfrae assisted him throughout the 1890s and then eventually succeeded him in the post. (Historic Scotland)

17 January 2012: Nominated for the Register by local planners as disused and boarded up for approx 4 years. Thought to have been sold by Edinburgh City Council to a restoring purchasor. For Investigation.

17 February 2015: External inspection finds the building remains boarded. There are slipped roofslates, chimneys in need of re-pointing, rainwater goods blocked in places and some dampness to walls. Move to At Risk.

19 October 2020: External inspection finds this building in much the same condition as seen previously. Scaffold has been erected at the front elevation. Some signs of damp on chimneys. There is some graffiti on the boarded-up windows and door. Downpipes are blocked and part of a gutter is missing. There are also a number of slipped slates. Remains At Risk.