Inverleith House
| Inverleith House | |
| Midlothian | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT24557533 |
| Location: | 55°57’54"N, 3°12’37"W |
| City: | Edinburgh |
| History | |
| Address: | Arboretum Road and Inverleith Row |
| Built 1774 | |
| For: | James Rocheid by David Henderson |
| House | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | The Royal Botanic Garden |
| Website: | rbge.org.uk/inverleith-house |
Inverleith House is a historic house, now within the Royal Botanic Garden, in the suburb of Inverleith, in Edinburgh.[1]
History
Inverleith House was designed in 1773 by David Henderson and built for James Rocheid in 1774.[2][3]
In about 1820 a part of the Inverleith estate was sold to become the Royal Botanic Garden. The house was bought by the city in 1877 together with another part of the estate and, after restoration work following a fire,[2] became the official residence of the Regius Keeper (director) of the Royal Botanic Garden. From 1960 it housed the new Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, which in 1984 moved to the building of the former John Watson's Institution on Belford Road.[3][4]
Since 1970 the house has been listed as a Category B listed building.[5] Since 1986 the house has been used as exhibition space by the Royal Botanic Garden. Exhibitions of botanical and contemporary art are held there.
The house was refurbished in 1990 and again in 2004, with support from National Lottery Funds.
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References
- ↑ The Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Building/Design Report (March 4, 2015, 3:43 pm)". scottisharchitects.org.uk. 2015. http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=215514. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Inverleith House from The Gazetteer for Scotland" (in en-gb). http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst8730.html.
- ↑ Fletcher, Harold R., Brown William H, The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, Edinburgh, 1970, pp 256
- ↑ Inverleith House - Listing detail (Historic Environment Scotland)