Edinburgh, 16 Hermitage Drive, Drumearn
Villa (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 16 Hermitage Drive, Drumearn
Classification Villa (20th Century)
Canmore ID 141438
Site Number NT27SW 1667
NGR NT 24786 70350
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/141438
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 1667 24786 70350
NMRS REFERENCE:
PLANS:
Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh garages
Dick Peddie, MacKay 1949
& Jamieson
SOURCE:
The Minister's Wife by Hunly Gordon, 1978. 3-storey house of red sandstone built by Arthur and Olga Gordon. Architect Sydney Mitchell & Wilson. 1902. Carved lintel stone with Olga and Arthur intertwined with a wreath of ivy and Pax Intrantibus Salus Excuntibus. Large 2-storey hall, study, Boar's head over the dining room fireplace. Drawing room a large white room with a domed ceiling embossed with boar's heads, angels' heads and ivy. Walls were white waterer silk. Bow window with a view of the Braids.
