Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Edinburgh HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 Guided tours only: 11.00-16.30 ArchitectName William Burn IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9050 Refreshments No Street The street address Cramond Road South Postcode EH4 6AA Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lauriston Castle Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1684 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86362,-4.261207; Description An account of the resource <p>The tower house built in the 1590s for Sir Archibald Napier, whose son John is best known for his exploration of logarithms. The house was extended in 1824 by architect William Burn. Opulent Edwardian interiors by William R Reid, who bought the house in 1902. They remain exactly as they were at the death of the last private owner in 1926. Notable collections of Italian furniture, Blue John, Crossley wool mosaics and mezzotints. N.B. stairs to all principal rooms. The castle stands in 30 acres of parkland and formal gardens, which include an Italianate rose garden and the 'Edinburgh Kyoto friendship garden', a new Japanese garden completed in 2002.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1590, 1824