Edinburgh, Colinton Road, Merchiston Castle School, Lodge — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Colinton Road lodge stands beside Merchiston Castle School, a small guardian for gardens rather than grandeur. Its exact age remains unrecorded, but its function is clear: tend life, mark boundaries, and serve the castle grounds. The road may pass it, but the lodge belongs to patience, soil, and the steady work of keeping a place alive.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Colinton Road, Merchiston Castle School, Lodge as Gardeners Lodge (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 Lodge at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh was part of the original 16th-century Merchiston Castle estate, which was held by the Douglas family, later Earls of Morton. The site is historically significant as the birthplace of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, a key political figure in 18th-century Britain.

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