Description

Possibly 17th century. Arched gazebo with viewing platform facing northeast, built in grounds of Gilmerton Place House. Rubble with rusticated ashlar quoins and stair to platform above. Broad segmental arch with rusticated voussoirs and scroll keystone. Rubble walls beneath to grotto, ashlar freize and moulded cornice above. Dog-leg stair to left with moulded treads and ashlar handrail giving access to platform; ashlar coped parapet to rear.

Statement of Interest

According to Good, Gilmerton Place House was built in the mid-16th century but was not lived in for 200 years, and by 1893 was occupied by miners' families. A photograph circa 1900 in the National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS) illustrates the house; which appears to have been a laird's house similar in style to Liberton House. Good refers to a datestone of 1604 built into the garden wall, and a small circular building known as The Bath surrounded by yew trees; these have now gone. Gilmerton Place House was demolished circa 1950 and a housing estate built on the site in the 1980's. This item is now enclosed by the garden wall of No 71 Gilmerton Place and lies in southeast of the garden to No 89 Ravenscroft Street.

Minor update to listed building record (2021).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17791992

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)