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The Festival Theatre sits on Edinburgh’s longest continuous theatre site. The 19 Nicolson Street locale has been a theatre site since 1830. It has…
The Edinburgh Gin distillery & visitor centre is situated beneath the Rutland Hotel.Scottish architect Archibald Elliot designed the building in…
Built against the stunning backdrop of a sheer quarry rock face amongst the rolling hills of Ratho the Arena opened its doors in December 2003 and was…
Located on the north side of the iconic Old College, at the heart of the University, Edinburgh Law School is a world-leading law school rooted in the…
Built around the historic 16th century birthplace and home of our very own John Napier, Merchiston campus is home to our creative, computing and…
The Merchiston Campus is home to Edinburgh Napier's Faculty of Engineering, Computing & Creative Industries as it was to John Napier himself. He…
The EPT building was originally constructed as a railway workshop, probably in the late 1800s. The small shop area above would have been the ticket…
A Georgian building bought by the Society in 1954 for their use over four floors and including a garden. During Doors Open Day, there were sports…
Located on Union Street, amongst some of Edinburgh�s most beautiful Georgian architecture, Edinburgh Printmakers was originally a washhouse for the…
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s new buildings were opened in 2012, a progression from the railway sheds which a group of artists took over on the site…
Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court is a modern building which opened to the public in September 1994. It is the largest of the…
Originally known as Drumsheugh Toll the building was designed by George Washington Browne in 1891 as a studio house for the artist Charles Martin…
This Art Deco building was constructed in 1936 from a design by Sir Basil Spence. Located in an idyllic setting beside the Water of Leith, close to…
Edinburgh Trams is the award winning operator of the city�s tramway with services from every three minutes to 16 locations across Edinburgh. Entering…
Built to Robert Adam's design in 1796, the interior dates from the remodelling by the fourth Marquess of Bute in 1903, including the Adam-style…
Former North Morningside Church in Neo-Norman by David Robertson, 1879-81. Dramatic intervention by Nicholas Groves-Raines, 1992 and 1999, for…
The Festival Theatre, situated on the longest running continuous theatre site in Edinburgh, opened in June 1994 boasting, at that time, the largest…
Fettes College, founded in 1870, was built using an endowment left by Sir William Fettes specifically for this purpose. Designed by the architect…
A world-class, three-screen independent cinema based in a former church, built in 1831.
New Nursery School within school grounds with two classrooms, a parents / general purpose room, playground and ancillary accommodation. The classrooms…
Granton Square, William Burn 1838, has always been open to the sea on the north side whence departed the ferry to Fife from the harbour developed by…
Fountainbridge Library is an icon of modern Scottish architecture. It was funded by the publisher Thomas Nelson Jr, and designed by the architect…
The most imposing work of A Hunter Crawford, 1910-12, with a Renaissance facade and a grand interior.
There have been public buildings on this site for centuries. The present one was inaugurated in 1904 for Midlothian County. Since September 2017, it…
The Assembly Hall was designed by David Bryce in 1858.� Since 1929 this unique building has been used by the Church of Scotland to host its General…
The General Register Office for Scotland in New Register House holds all the statutory birth, death and marriage registers for events recorded in…
The architect of Heriot’s Hospital was the royal master mason William Wallace. It is an excellent example of Scots Renaissance architecture.…
The University now operates four local power stations generating 80% of campus power requirements through low carbon Combined Heat and Power Energy…
A category C-Listed late Victorian, red brick, five storey (50,000 square foot) purpose-built whisky warehouse. Abbot’s Choice Scotch Whisky was…
A hidden gem by James Gillespie Graham, 1835, for St Margaret's Convent of the Ursulines of Jesus, the first religious house in Scotland since the…
It is not known exactly when the town house was built but by 1820 it was occupied. After being sold for �3000, 16 Coates Crescent was occupied by…
Originally the home of a small Scottish religious sect, the A-listed former place of worship is hidden within the residential neighbourhood on Barony…
The Glasshouses @ Royal Edinburgh Hospital (REH), built in the 1950s, were originally used to propagate plants for the hospital gardens. Following…
This Category B-listed Victorian church incorporates the remains of a pre-Reformation chapel and has been used as a cabinetmaking workshop since 1979.…
Gogarbank House was built by Cumberland Reid in 1780. In 1818 his nephew, John Reid, succeeded him and built the present additions, including the…
An opportunity to visit Granton's very own secret garden hidden away on Edinburgh's waterfront. The Walled Garden was once attached to Granton Castle,…
The Lighthouse was originally built circa 1850 as a training centre; however, it has since become a cultural hub in the North of the city. Residents…
The research and conservation workshops of the National Museums of Scotland. Tours led by curators include Zoology collections, geology rock cutting…
In a street of much charm, built 1819-24, architects Gray, Marshall & Associates now occupy No 23 which has an extra large upper floor, using the…
Edinburgh architect Crichton Wood has designed a rear conversion for this 1904 traditional semi-detached villa in Greenbank.
Greenbank Parish Church opened in 1900. The original building is used as a hall, with the present church built alongside in 1927 by architect Lorne…
Originally Greenbank United Free Church, the building was completed in 1927 by A Lorne Campbell and features beautiful stained glass windows by…
Grade A listed, Greyfriars Kirk plays an important part in Scottish history. In 1638, the National Covenant was presented and signed in the Kirk. In…
The Kirk plays an important part in Scottish history. In 1638 the National Covenant was presented and signed in front of the pulpit and in the…
The Grove Community Garden is a mobile community garden which has brought life to 3 separate brownfield sites in Fountainbridge over the last 5 years.…
Guinness UDV, formerly United Distillers & Vintners, moved to their new office building in 2000. The building was designed by Allan Murray with the…
Harlaw House was originally built as a waterkeeper’s cottage soon after the reservoir was constructed in 1848. Originally a single-storey building, it…
Harlaw Hydro is generating green electricity from the Water of Leith, utilising the 150 year old dams that used to provide water power to industry in…
Harmeny School is a residential special school, working with children who have complex social, emotional and behavioural needs. Visitors can explore…
11 South Charlotte Street, built ensuite with No 15 South Charlotte Street, is a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh's New…
This year the Club celebrates the 125th anniversary of Tynecastle Stadium. Construction of three new stands began in 1994 but of considerable interest…
The terrazzo and glass Herbarium & Library building overlooks the NE corner of the Garden. Opened in 1964 and extended in 2005-6, it houses one of…
Heriot-Watt University Museum and Archive is on the ground floor of the University Library, built by Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson,…
Surrounded by fabulous walks and concealed by enchanting clusters of trees, Hermitage House, which was built in 1785 by Robert Burn, is a magnificent…
Only the outer walls remain of the neo-Georgian Sheriff Court of 1934-37 by the Office of Public Works. The interior was completely remodelled by…
Visitor centre opened in 1999, and designed in close consultation with the users. The pre-patinated roof covers a welcoming timber-panelled space with…
Holyrood Abbey Church of Scotland has its roots in two nineteenth-century missions begun in the Canongate area of Edinburgh by the Free Church and the…
A small, late Gothic style church of 1895 by Hippolyte Blanc, on two levels. Above is the sanctuary with a false hammerbeam roof, entered by a newly…
Historic Scotland's new Education Centre and Park Ranger Station for Holyrood Park, designed by Malcolm Fraser, replaces undistinguished changing…
Home to the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences and the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, the former College Street United…
Inch House is a traditional early 17th century Scottish tower house, set in a magnificent surrounding park.˜ Although greatly extended in baronial…
The Inch Nursery is City of Edinburgh Council�s plant nursery and training centre covering a 10 acre site within Inch Park. Opened in 1982, it…
A new community based sports hub combining changing accommodation with social and community use. The building is designed to fit into the surrounding…
Did you know the Informatics Forum has a garden roof terrace with a wonderful view of the surrounding area, including Arthur?s Seat? Opened in…
The gallery has been created in the building that formerly housed �The Venue�, an infamous nightclub on Calton Road. On the ground floor there is a…
There have been public buildings on this site for centuries. The present one was inaugurated in 1904 for Midlothian County. Since September 2017, it…
This is a modern university building which is part of the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS) at Heriot-Watt University.…
The former College Street United Presbyterian Church, built in 1856 in Graeco-Italian style by Patrick Wilson, has a finely detailed temple front with…
Designed by George Mackie Watson and opened in 1903, with Pilkington Jackson carvings and Gordon Webster stained glass windows, the church occupies a…
Fine New Town house built in about 1820 and in which James Clerk Maxwell was born in 1831. Now the home of the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation. The…
The Japanese House, winner of the 2010 EAA small projects award, combines light, space and a Japanese theme to make an innovative yet restrained home.…
jmarchitects, formally Percy Johnson Marshall & Partners moved in 2006 from Duddingston House and purchased the 17th century A-listed town house…
Opened in 2009 the John Hope Gateway Building has been designed by Edward Cullinan Architects with sustainability as a guiding principle.Engineered…
Dating back to 1470 and now incorporated into the Scottish Storytelling Centre, John Knox House is one of Scotland's greatest cultural treasures and…
John Sinclair House is home to the archival collections of Historic Environment Scotland (HES), the new lead public body for the historic environment…
Named after the eminent chemist Joseph Black (1728-1799), one of the foremost scientists of his day. Classical frontage of 1930s, with a new building…
Former stable block built in 1881 and now housing the offices of architectural practice Keppie Design, this year celebrating their 150th anniversary.…
Since its establishment in 1920, the King's Buildings campus has experienced vast transformation. Find examples of architectural developments across…
Kirkliston Parish Church was built in about 1200 while the Bell Tower is a bird cage belfry with a single bell dated 1687. Many interesting graves…
Lamb�s House was built in 1610 by Andro Lamb, merchant. It was saved from demolition by the 4th Marquis of Bute in 1938-40. His son gave the house to…
Laudate House has accommodated the German speaking congregation in Edinburgh since 1967 when it was built by the architect Reiach & Hall to…
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…
The Leith Links allotments will be open for the first time as part of Doors Open Day, in conjunction with the Greener Leith Children’s orchard.…
First planted with the help of hundreds of local children in 2010, the Leith Links Children’s Orchard incorporates 90 apple, pear, plum and…
Leith Police Station is the old Leith Town Hall, built 1827-28 by R & R Dickson as the Leith Sheriff Court. From the Queen Charlotte Street entrance,…
Built in 1868 as a church for Norwegian seamen visiting Leith and still occasionally used by the Norwegian community in Edinburgh. Leith School of Art…
The Leith Theatre complex was a gift to the people following the decision to incorporate the Burgh of Leith into Edinburgh.The building has seen bomb…
Leith Town Hall and Sheriff Court are situated within Leith Police station. Built in 1828 to a design by R. and R. Dicksons, the building contains the…
One of 85 police boxes, the Leith Walk Police box was designed by City Architect, Ebenezer Macrae. Originally at the junction of Leith Walk and Albert…
Leitheatre is housed in one of the few remaining examples of 19th century mixed use tenement development of housing, industry and railway lines.In…
The present church, designed by James Gillespie Graham and built in 1815, stands on a prominent site where people have worshipped for over 1,000…
Liberton was built by the Dalmahoy family in the late 15th century and has been hailed as ‘the most perfect and unspoilt tower within the…
Lister Housing Co-operative owns 185 social rented flats in and around Lauriston Place. Most are Category B-listed Georgian tenements.�
Lorn Macneal, Chartered Architects, have been established in the New Town for over 25 years with a varied portfolio of predominantly private client…
Built originally for the Industrial Exhibition of 1922, the category 'B' listed building was purchased to become the home of Edinburgh Corporation…
Lyon & Turnbull is a privately owned international auction house based in Edinburgh. Founded in 1826, it is Scotland�s oldest and largest fine art…
A hidden gem in the Old Town. Built in 1541 as the last Roman Catholic chapel built in Edinburgh before the Reformation it contains the only pre…
In a former stable block on the edge of the hospital site, Maggie's Centre, designed by Richard Murphy Architects, is an innovative refurbished…
The Mansfield Traquair Centre is a former Catholic Apostolic Church. The building features an outstanding mural scheme painted by Phoebe Anna Traquair…
The recently upgraded Marchbank Water Treatment Works takes water from Megget Reservoir 28 miles away and makes it safe for use in homes and industry…