What is recorded here

Colinton Road still carries the scent of childhood and rain. The 1928 lodge and 1930 gate piers stood as sentinels to a castle school where young people learned, played, and grew beneath Edinburgh skies. They marked a threshold between the ordinary city and a world shaped by discipline, ambition, and wonder.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Colinton Road, Merchiston Castle School, Lodge and Gate Piers as Gate Pier(s) (20th Century) (1930), Lodge (20th Century) (1928). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Merchiston Castle, later the site of Merchiston Castle School, was originally built in the early 17th century by the Drummond family, Scottish nobles and landowners. The lodge and gate piers date from the early 20th century, reflecting the estate's continued use and development as an educational institution. The site is historically significant as it was once the home of James Drummond, 3rd Earl of Perth, and is associated with the broader history of Scottish aristocracy and education.

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