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'The Forts' is an historic site of gun and searchlight emplacements constructed as part of a defensive network for the Forth during WW1.Acquired by…
Fire Service Headquarters was opened on the 7th June 1900, serving as an operational station until 1986. It continues today as an administrative…
The Edinburgh Trades fund houses a collection of artefacts pertaining to the ancient Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh. These were the artisan classes…
Dower House dates to 1587. It was in the ownership of James Ingles. J P Wood in his Draft History of Corstorphine Parish (written 1792) mentions the…
Celebrating its 50th year, this year. Built to a simple but elegant style to meet the requirements of worship and a variety of social activities for…
The Caves offers an exciting opportunity to see these vast underground caverns. Rediscovered and excavated in the mid 90�s, the rooms form a series of…
The gardens comprise the steep wooded east bank of the Water of Leith roughly between Stockbridge and the Dean Bridge. It is part of the 'Pleasure…
In September 2010 Sutherland Hussey Architects were approached by Edinburgh Council with an invitation to design a small meeting hut for a new…
Teviot Row House is one of several buildings managed by Edinburgh University Students? Association. It opened in 1889 ? making it the world?s oldest…
Large administration offices for Standard Life Co, designed by Michael Laird & Partners. Opened in 1991, it incorporates the facade of Tanfield Hall,…
Hannah Robinson shares her unusual Edinburgh secrets at Liberton Tower.Tour, quiz, drinks and book signing - 'Secret Edinburgh an unusual guide'�
Chair of the Cockburn Association, Cliff HagueTalk:�how can we ensure that heritage is at the heart of a vision for Edinburgh.
Dr John W ArthurJames Clerk Maxwell, the worlds greatest physicist of 19th Century, was born in 1831 at 14 India Street. The talk will explain why he…
Richard Rodger, Professor of Economic and Social HistoryThe Edinburgh Atlas (E-ATLAS) will provide a new digital atlas of Edinburgh structured around…
David McLean�is Edinburgh born and bred, with a keen interest in the history and architecture of the city. Since 2011 David has managed the popular…
Inter-war Housing of Ebenezer MacRae, Edinburgh City ArchitectSteven RobbSteven works in the Heritage Management Directorate leading a team that deals…
Healthy Buildings: light, landscape, timber and breathing constructionby Malcolm Fraser, ArchitectThe nursery at Edinburgh University's King's…
Crichton Woods, Architect"As a child my grandfather spent a considerable amount of time with me. I remember being taken on numerous walking tours…
Richard Murphy, ArchitectA new public use for one of our greatest public buildings Thomas Hamilton's Royal High School is one of Scotland's most…
Situated in the heart of The University of Edinburgh?s historic Old College, Talbot Rice Gallery is one of Scotland?s leading contemporary art…
Surgeons� Hall Museum houses one of the largest and most historic collections of surgical pathology in the World. The Museum was developed as a…
A classical 1832 building houses 18th century anatomy specimens and visiting medical exhibitions.
Come and visit Parliament House which is steeped in history and has impressive architecture. Upon entering the prestigious Parliament Hall you?ll gain…
Millbuies was the home of benefactor George Boyd Anderson and reflects his expansive, innovative, creative and slightly eccentric personality.…
Summerhall is a vibrant cultural village in the heart of Edinburgh. A place where things happen, all kinds of interesting, wonderful and downright…
Designed by Robert Rowand Anderson, 1874-7, this is considered to be the best of the first generation Board Schools. Giant arches and gables build up…
The Church was designed by the architect James Milne and opened in 1823 as an extension church of St Cuthbert's for the rapidly expanding population…
Founded in 1977, Stills is a centre for photography based in the heart of Edinburgh, designed by architects Reiach and Hall. We will be offering tours…
The College, by David Rhind, opened in 1855 as Daniel Stewart?s Hospital for 50 destitute boys. In 1870 the Edinburgh Merchant Company turned the…
A village church in the heart of the city, St Vincent's is a Victorian Gothic delight which opened in 1857. Light streams through the stained-glass…
Saint Stephen's was designed by William Playfair and opened for worship in December 1828. Reconstruction was carried out in 1956-1957 by installing a…
From its towering campanile to its intimate cloistered courtyard, a little bit of rural Italy in the heart of literary Morningside. St Peter�s was…
The most complete Gothic church in Edinburgh - The Builder, 1865.Grade A listed gothic church with 1930’s hall attached. The church was redecorated…
Nestled amidst industrial units and modern apartment blocks, St Ninian’s Manse is very much a hidden treasure. Whilst the clocktower and belfry…
This B listed Church was designed by Ross, Doak & Whitelaw and opened in 1957. Described as being in a 'Festival of Britain'/Modernist style, its…
St Michael and All Saints Church is a Grade A listed building designed by the Edinburgh Architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and built in 1867. The…
A Pugin & Son designed church in a classic style constructed between 1852-54. One of the side altars is dedicated to Mary Star of the Sea, the…
The gothic fa�ade of St Mary�s Metropolitan Cathedral is all that remains of the much smaller St Mary�s Chapel designed by Gillespie Graham, 1814.…
The Song School, adjacent to St Mary?s Cathedral, is where the Cathedral choristers practice. The Song School walls are covered with murals by Phoebe…
St Martin�s Community Resource Centre is a recently sympathetically redeveloped community hub for the Gorgie Dalry area of Edinburgh. Built in the…
The Church was designed by the distinguished Scottish architect David Bryce and built as a Unitarian Church in 1835. Unitarians do not generally…
St Mark?s church is a B-listed neo-classical villa-style building which was consecrated in 1828. The interior has some fine Greek Revival detailing…
St Margaret’s Parish Church can be traced back to a Norman church on the site in 1165, which was destroyed in the Reformation. Rebuilding began in…
St Margaret�s Chapel forms part of the Gillis Centre and is a beautiful example of the work of Scottish Architect James Gillespie Graham, one of the…
St Margaret’s Catholic Church was built in the 1930s and replaced a Victorian corrugated iron building. A particular feature of the church is its…
Built in 1880 for the Church of Scotland and designed by John Lassels, the Church is described as flat Scots gothic with a wagon roof and hammer beam…
Original Physical Education facility of Moray House (Gordon & Dey 1970), altered with apron of new accomodation by University of Edinburgh with…
St Johns is the only church on Princes Street. It stands at the junction with Lothian Road. Designed by William Burn in the Perpendicular Gothic Style…
A gothic red sandstone Episcopal church designed by Robert Rowand Anderson in the 1880s. Although simple from the outside, the chancel designed by…
Circular watchtower, built in 1827 to deter 'Resurrectionists' stealing bodies. Restored 1990 by Robert Hurd & Partners to provide a unique and…
Robert Rowand Anderson was a founder member of the Church.� He not only designed and personally supervised its building, but was responsible for the…
Kirk of the Castle Rock and Princes Street Gardens. Stands on the oldest Christian site in Edinburgh where Saint Cuthbert himself once built a wooden…
Considered one of the finest examples of Romanesque churches in Scotland, St Cuthbert?s was built in the 12th century and has been in continuous use…
St. Columba?s Hospice provides excellent palliative and end-of-life care to patients and their families, as well as specialist education to healthcare…
This Victorian Church, sitting just below the Castle, is a small gem. Visitors often remark upon the stained glass windows which, unusually, feature…
St Cecilia?s Hall is Scotland?s oldest concert hall and home to the University of Edinburgh?s collection of musical instruments. Built by the…
St Bernard's Well was designed by Alexander Nasmyth in 1789 on the site of an earlier mineral water well, believed to have medicinal properties. This…
This beautiful Church was designed by Peter McGregor Chalmers, a leading Scottish ecclesiastical architect. The aim of the Church's design was to make…
This beautiful Church was designed by Peter McGregor Chalmers, a leading Scottish ecclesiastical architect.˜ The aim of the Church?s design was ?to…
St Andrew's House is the headquarters of the Scottish Government and opened the day after war was declared in September 1939. Following years of…
Built in 1784 as the first church of the New Town, St Andrew’s Church was designed by Major Andrew Frazer and the unusual elliptical plan, the first…
Built into the hillside to minimise its visual impact, the treatment plant screens and de-grits sewage before pumping to the River Forth. Display of…
South Leith Parish Church, founded in 1483, has been the ?Church in the Midst? the historic parish church in Leith for over 500 years. Our historic…
Beneath the 19 arches of the South Bridge lies a labyrinth of underground passages and chambers dating from the 18C. Once used as workshops, houses…
Since 1835 this Georgian house in Leith has belonged to Raimes Clark and Co Ltd. It is currently home to the Head Office of Lindsay & Gilmour…
Recent conversion of a former tropical fish shop into a studio for architects Smith Scott Mullan Associates. It shows inventive use of the two-storey…
Car-free development designed using green technology for a sustainable style of living for Canmore Housing Association by Architects Hackland &…
A wonderful opportunity to visit the National Trust Patrick Geddes apartment located within Ramsay Gardens in the Old Town. This exquisite period Arts…
Sir James Young Simpson lived at Simpson House from 1845 to 1870. He was a Scottish doctor and an important figure in the history of medicine. Simpson…
Family home and surgery of James Young Simpson who discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in the dining room, now the Discovery Room, in…
Former St Thomas's Church finding a new use as the Guru Nanak Gurdawara Singh Sabha Sikh Temple. Designed by John Henderson 1840-43, the Gothic…
The Signet Library building (Lower and Upper Libraries), begun in 1810, designed by Robert Reid, with principal interiors by William Stark, was…
A herb nursery on the outskirts of Edinburgh opened in April this year. It is a 7.5 acre organic, tranquil green space with a bee observatory, vintage…
Seafield is Scotland?s largest wastewater treatment works, treating the wastewater from the population equivalent of 850,000 people and is open for…
The home of Scotland's stories houses stunning contemporary spaces and facilities for all to enjoy.The building provides not only an exhibition…
A pair of A-listed New Town houses designed by Robert Brown and built in the 1820s as part of the development of the Walker Estate. They have been in…
This unique national resource and advocate for the art of poetry is committed to bringing the pleasures and benefits of poetry to as wide an audience…
Midlothian County Council Buildings (J Macintyre Henry 1900-05). Deep frieze by W Birnie Rhind with high reliefs of Agriculture, Mining and Fishing. A…
The Scottish National Gallery comprises the Gallery Building and the Academy Building, both designed by William Henry Playfair in the mid-19th…
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art comprises two buildings � Modern One and Modern Two, the latter housing the Archives and Library. The…
The yard, originally ?Quality Court? on Quality Lane (pre 1777) has been home to the Club since 2007. The rebuild by Alexander Hunter Crawford in…
Nestled on the hillside of Calton Hill, the Scottish Free French House is the Official Residence of the Consul General of France in Edinburgh. The…
Spacious office building, 1997, by Architects Koetter Kim & Associates. Working spaces and staff facilities are arranged around a landscaped…
The new £54m Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine (SCRM) building was officially opened by HRH Princess Royal on the 28th May 2012. The…
Rutland Square, Georgian in style, is a significant surviving example of one of the most important and best-preserved examples of urban planning in…
Arup first practised in Edinburgh in 1960. Over the next few years, staff numbers increased, occupying several offices throughout Edinburgh. To bring…
The Scotsman Steps are an important part of Edinburgh�s cityscape, they link the Old and New Towns and have historically been considered as a road.…
Splendid offices for The Scotsman by Dunn & Findlay, 1899-1902, converted, 2001, into the 5-star Scotsman Hotel. Palatial entrance hall with swags…
Splendid offices for The Scotsman by Dunn & Findlay, 1899-1902, converted, 2001, into the 5-star Scotsman Hotel. Palatial entrance hall with swags…
SASA provides a range of scientific services and advice on behalf of the Scottish Government relating to agriculture, plant health, biodiversity and…
Schop will allow you to� discover if you have a creative three dimensional mind and hopefully allow you to leave with a sharpened sense of perception…
The Church was completed in 1995, incorporating three stained glass windows rescued after a fire in 1993. Solar PV panels were installed on the…
Built in 1916 for Knox and Morey Free Churches in memory of Reverend Dr. John, this building now houses the headquarters of the Scottish Book Trust,…
A spired Victorian church, uneconomical to repair and maintain by its congregation: an inspired minister with an innovative solution being pioneered…
Once a town house, the Saltire's property was occupied by the British Linen Company in 1792; later the head office of British Linen Bank, and the…
The kindergarten of the Rudolf Steiner School puts the principles of the school into practice. Designed by Wilfried Bohm of Benjamin Tindall…
Situated within one of Edinburgh�s finest Georgian streets, The Royal Scots Club hosts an abundance of military history. This history only adds to the…
The Royal Observatory Edinburgh combines state-of-the-art high-tech facilities and original Victorian observatory buildings in a beautiful hilltop…
The Lyceum has been one of Edinburgh's premier playing houses since 1883, stand where many memorable performances have been given by actors such as…
In its early days this Victorian theatre built in 1883 saw performances by the likes of Henry Irvine and Ellen Terry, whilst being run by famous…