What is recorded here
Laidlaw House stands inside Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh, a modern residence hall where children still walk past rooms that have watched the city grow. It is not a public monument or a display cabinet. It is a living building, occupied and ordinary, yet marked important enough for the national record to remember.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Merchiston Castle School, Laidlaw House as Hall of Residence (modern). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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