Lauriston Castle

Between Silverknowes and Cramond, Edinburgh

Overlooking the Firth of Forth,

Summer 2010

Looking West across the Pond to Lauriston Castle

Lauriston House, Edinburgh

©  Copyright: Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                             Photograph taken August 23, 2010

 

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    Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh ©

 

Lauriston Castle

The View

The view at the top of this page looks across the pond to Lauriston Castle.  The photo was taken at about mid-day on a calm Summer day in 2010.

Please click on the thumbnail image below to see another view across the pond taken on the same day.

Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh ©

Today

Lauriston Castle, its contents and grounds were left to the nation in 1926.  and are now administered by the City of Edinburgh Council which provides conducted tours of the house, an annual series of lectures and other events throughout the year.

History

A brief history of the house and grounds can be found :

-  on this Wikipedia page

-  in a Guide Book available from Lauriston Castle

-  on this Noticed Board, photographed at the entrance to the grounds:

Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh ©

Recollections

Do you have any memories of the house or its grounds in the past, or has anybody ever told you what it was like in earlier days?

If so, it would be good to hear from you.    Please email me.

Thank you.

Peter Stubbs:  September 27, 2011

 

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