Edinburgh, 30 Pilrig House Close, Pilrig House — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Pilrig House, a 17th-century tower in Edinburgh, still stands with a 17th-century sundial and a modern one, its stone surface marked by time in two different ages. The building has become flats, but the tower and dials remain, catching light and shadow across the close. People may have lived inside the old walls for centuries, adjusting their days to the sun before clocks took over. The house continues to measure time in a quiet, visible way.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, 30 Pilrig House Close, Pilrig House as Flat(s) (20th Century), Sundial (17th Century), Sundial (modern), Tower House (17th Century). 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.

Pilrig House in Edinburgh was originally a 17th-century tower house, later modified, and is remembered for its historic sundials and its role as a notable domestic structure in the city's architectural heritage.

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