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    Hermits and Termits is a Georgian house in St Leonard's, Edinburgh, Scotland. Named for the lands of St Leonard's Hospital, it was completed around 1734...
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    Dalmeny House (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
    Scotland. It was designed by William Wilkins, and completed in 1817. Dalmeny House is the home of the Earl and Countess of Rosebery. The house was the first...
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    of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south...
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    Craigmillar Castle (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
    began building the castle in the late 14th century and building works continued through the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1660, the castle was sold to Sir...
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    Edinburgh Castle (category Scottish parliamentary locations and buildings)
    11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century, the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th...
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    Holyrood Palace (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
    since the 16th century, and is a setting for state occasions and official entertaining. The palace adjoins Holyrood Abbey, and the gardens are set within...
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    John Knox House (category Buildings and structures completed in 1490)
    is a historic house in Edinburgh, Scotland, reputed to have been owned and lived in by Protestant reformer John Knox during the 16th century. Although...
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    Lauriston Castle (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
    Scotland. It lies on Cramond Road South, between Cramond, Davidson's Mains, and Silverknowes. The substantial grounds, Lauriston Castle Gardens, operate...
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    Bute House (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh Bhòid) is the official residence and workplace of the first minister of Scotland. Located at 6 Charlotte Square in...
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    Cables Wynd House (category Buildings and structures in Leith)
    floor is called Cables Wynd and the nine floors above constitute Cables Wynd House. This often leads to confusion in postal and other services. Under construction...
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    between Edinburgh and Dalkeith. One prominent house built in this time, Hermits and Termits, survives. In 1831, the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway opened...
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    Governor's House, Edinburgh (category Buildings and structures in Edinburgh)
    in Edinburgh, Scotland. It looks out over Waverley Station, the Canongate and Holyrood Park to the south. The building of 1815–17 is all that remains of...
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    been restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland, and is operated as a popular tourist attraction. The "Land" (sited at 481 and 483 Lawnmarket)...
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    Redford Barracks (category Buildings and structures in Edinburgh)
    Redford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks is a military installation located on Colinton Road, near the Edinburgh City Bypass, east of the suburb of Colinton...
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    internally and extended over the years, today it is the registered office of the Royal Bank of Scotland and its parent, NatWest Group and is protected...
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    merchant and burgess of Edinburgh, took possession. Adamson owned large estates in what is now north-western Edinburgh, including Craigleith, Groathill and Clermiston...
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    Martello Court (category Buildings and structures in Edinburgh)
    Martello Court is a residential building and one of the tallest buildings in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is 64 metres (210 ft) high, with 23 floors. It is...
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    house on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, between Cramond and Queensferry, and within the parish of Dalmeny. It lies within the Earl of Rosebery's...
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    Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Run by the City of Edinburgh Council, the collection includes portraits, works and personal objects. Beside...
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    city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland, and is operated as a popular tourist attraction, with...
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    West St Giles' Parish Church (category Demolished buildings and structures in Scotland)
    of Hermits and Termits in St Leonard's. Plate in possession of the church included three pewter flagons – one gifted by John Liberton in 1701 and the...
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    of Edinburgh. It was constructed between 1683 and 1696 for Sir George Mackenzie, 1st Viscount Tarbat, and his wife Anna. It is protected as a category...
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    Dundas Castle (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    the late 19th century and is currently the residence of politician and businessman Sir Jack Stewart-Clark. The tower house and the adjoining Tudor-Gothic...
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    Pollock Halls of Residence (category Buildings and structures of the University of Edinburgh)
    more than 2,000 undergraduate students during term time, and is available to the public as bed and breakfast-style accommodation outside of the teaching...
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    owned by the Gilmour family, who arranged for additions and extensions to the house in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was sold to the then Edinburgh Corporation...
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    The colony houses of Edinburgh were built between 1850 and 1910 as homes for artisans and skilled working-class families by philanthropic model dwellings...
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    fifteenth-century tower house at Lymphoy, near the Water of Leith, between Balerno and Currie, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. The tower...
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    The Drum, Edinburgh (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
    is an 18th-century country house and estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland. Located between the Gilmerton and Danderhall areas, The Drum is 4...
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  • style, or building type, as originally constructed or moderately altered; and simple traditional buildings which group well with other listed buildings...
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    Western Harbour, Edinburgh (category Buildings and structures in Leith)
    the Newhaven area of Edinburgh, the capital city Scotland. Between 1936 and 1942 the Port of Leith's western harbour was created by the construction...
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