Merchiston Tower

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Title

Merchiston Tower

Description

15C home of "Marvellous Merchiston", the mathematician and thinker John Napier, inventor of logarithms. Superb painted and plaster ceilings including one from Prestongrange which was inserted when the tower was restored. The Napier University buildings (not open) were added in 1961 by Alison and Hutchison.

Source

edinburgh

Date

15C

Type

Museum

Identifier

1714

Spatial Coverage

current,55.86362,-4.261207;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

Napier University

Place

Edinburgh

IsNewThisYear

No

AddressLine2

10 Colinton Road

WC

No

DisabledWC

No

DisabledAccess

No

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

9156

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

EH10 5DT

Citation

“Merchiston Tower,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1712.

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