Edmonstone House South Lodge & Gates, 545, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh

Corniced droved ashlar quadrant walls with rosettes to frieze. Fluted frieze with rosettes to corniced, panelled ashlar piers, surmounted by iron lamp holders. 2-leaf spear-headed curved iron gates.

LODGE: 2-storey 2-bay rendered stone lodge with barge-boarding and bracketed eaves, probably incorporating earlier fabric. Corniced door surround; barge-boarded dormers breaking eaves. Central stone stack with cylindrical cans.

Edmonstone House, formerly the home of the Don-Wauchope family, was demolished in the 1950's. It had been an important house, said to be 400 years old (it appears on John Adair's map of the 1680's), supposedly restored by 'Mr Adam, architect' after a fire circa 1800, and extended circa 1830 by Burn. The ashlar walls and gatepiers are of a very high quality. John Laurie's map of 1766 shows a tree-lined avenue leading from the house to the road at the point occupied by the South Gate. The Lodge (and that of the East gates) appears on the 1850 OS map, but the building would appear to have been altered, possibly raised by a storey, with the addition of the barge-boarding and dormers, later in the 19th century. (Historic Environment Scotland)

25 February 2015: Nominated for the Register by local planners as in ruinous condition. Edmonstone House itself was demolished in the 1950s. For Investigation.

21 May 2015: External inspection finds the former lodge house a roofless shell. Much of the upper storey masonry has been lost. Move to At Risk.

14 May 2018: Listed Building Consent for the restoration of the former lodge into a dwelling with associated alterations is being sought ref: 18/01543/LBC.

1 October 2019: Outcome of the aforementioned planning application (18/01543/LBC) has been decided (15/08/2019). Permission has been conditionally approved for works to the lodge building only. Planning refusal relates to proposed relocation of the gate piers.

10 October 2019: A member of the public notes that work appears to have commenced. The perimeter of the site is fenced off, debris cleared from the inside of the building and walls have been cleared of vegetation.

11 November 2020: External inspection finds changes in condition. Getting more derelict and walls have collapsed. No sign of any buildings works and site still for sale.