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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Edinburgh
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p>Limited wheelchair access.</p><p>Guided tours. Information leaflets/notes available. </p><p>Image (c) Paul Zanre </p>
OpeningTime1
10.00-16.00 (last admission 15.15)
ArchitectName
William Wallace, William Aytoun
OpeningDate1
22/9/2012
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
9945
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Lauriston Place
Postcode
EH3 9EQ
Parking
No
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
George Heriot's School
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
edinburgh
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1629
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.94566,-3.194087;
Description
An account of the resource
The architect of Heriot’s Hospital was the royal master mason William Wallace. It is an excellent example of Scots Renaissance architecture. Built from stone quarried at Craigleith and Ravelston, lime from Kirkliston and Westhouses, timber from Dalkeith and Norway, the foundation stone of the northwest tower is inscribed 1628. In 1659 the building began to fulfil the purpose of its founder – for the upbringing and education of ‘puire fatherless bairnes, friemenes sones of that Toune of Edinburgh’. Explore the School Hall with its hammerbeam roof, the Chapel, Council Room and Old Refectory hidden within the Quadrangle. The recently completed Heriot’s Centre for Sport & Exercise, by LDN Architects, comes with excellent environmental credentials: the discovery of a 60m deep well led to the investigation of its potential for use as a ground source heat pump to supply the under floor heating. The Centre was a real ship in a bottle conundrum for the architects and builder.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1628-60