Edinburgh
Edinburgh
+ Exploring Edinburgh
Sights
* Ann Street
* Assembly Hall
* Assembly Rooms
* Blackford Hill
* Braid Hills
* Calton Hill
* Camera Obscura
* Charlotte Square
* City Art Centre
* The Colonies
* Corstorphine
* Cowgate
* Craigmillar Castle
* Cramond
* Dean Village
* Duddingston
* Edinburgh Castle Museums
* Edinburgh Exchange
* Edinburgh's Festival Centre - The Hub
* Edinburgh Zoo
* George Street
* The Georgian House
* Gladstone's Land
* The Grassmarket
* Greyfriars Kirk
* Hanover Street
* The Heart of Midlothian
* Holyrood Abbey
* Holyrood Park
* Huntly House Museum
* John Knox's House
* Lady Stair's House, The Writers' Museum
* The Lawnmarket
* Leith
* The Meadows
* Mercat Cross
* Morningside
* The Mound
* Murrayfield
* Museum of Childhood
* Parliament House
* Parliament Square
* The People's Story museum
* Princes Street
* Princes Street Gardens
* Queen Street
* Register House
* Royal High School
* Royal Scottish Academy
* Royal scottish Observatory
* The Royal Yacht Britannia
* St Andrew Square
* St Giles Cathedral
* St Mary's episcopal Cathedral
* Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
* The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery
* Scottish National Portrait Gallery
* The Scottish Parliament
* Stockbridge
* Swanston
* Talbot Rice Art Gallery
* The Tron Kirk
* The University of Edinburgh
* Victoria Street
* The Water of Leith
* Waterloo Place
* Waverley Market (princes mall)
Vicinity
+ Vicinity
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Highly Recommended )
Gladstone's Land, a narrow, six-storey arcaded building and Edinburgh's finest surviving high-storey tenement, was purchased in 1617 by Thomas Gledstanes, a merchant and burgess. He was a prosperous man, with enough money both to buy and decorate this sizeable and prestigiously sited building. Gledstanes remodelled the house, using the arcaded ground floor as a shop, and letting all but one of the other floors, which he retained for his own use. Today, the ground-floor booths display 17th-century wares, while the first-floor rooms are furnished as the typical home of a wealthy citizen of that time. The main bedroom has a beautiful painted ceiling, decorated with fruit and flowers, and traces of the original frescoes which were painted on the walls.
Address: 477B Lawnmarket, Royal Mile
Phone: 0131 226 5856
Open: Apr-Oct, Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5
Bus: 1, 23, 34, 42
Accessible: None
Admission: Moderate, but free to National Trust and National Trust for Scotland members
Other: Camera Obscura; Edinburgh Castle; The Lawnmarket; Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
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