What is recorded here
Colinton Road, Edinburgh: Engineer's Cottage, a small building beside Merchiston Castle School, survives where human life still moves. The exact era and purpose have not emerged. A road, a school, a cottage, and a hidden engineer's thought may have shaped the place.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Colinton Road, Merchiston Castle School, Engineer's Cottage as Cottage (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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