Summary Record
Date 2 March 2012
Event ID 885741
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Summary Record
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/885741
C17th Merchant's house, said to have been built on the site of a house visited by Mary, Queen of Scots after her landing on Scottish soil. Possibly once the grandest house in Leith, the house was restored by Neil & Hurd, 1937-9 for the Marquess of Bute and Robert Hurd & Partners, 1959-61 for use as a day centre for the elderly of Leith.
The house was bought in 2010 by the architect, Nicholas Groves Raines, to become a residence and office for the GRA practice. A small ogee roofed pavilion is planned on a corner site, part of the spot where the 1960's extension stood.
RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.