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Edinburgh is rightly celebrated for its famous historical and cultural attractions. But for the discerning visitor it has much more to offer away from the well-worn tourist trail. This book takes you to hidden corners and secret sights in this city of contrasts, exploring fascinating locations unknown even to most residents, and revealing unexpected aspects of some familiar local landmarks. Marvel at a unique underground temple hewn out of the living rock; learn how a world-famous illusionist came to be buried here - with his dog; find out why the city council once commissioned an enormous electric blanket; look out for the ordinary Edinburgh post box with an explosive history. Discover the human stories behind a wide range of places, both exceptional and commonplace, bringing to life the greatly varied cityscape where people have been leaving their mark for at least 5,000 years.
Contents
Abbey Strand
The privilege of sanctuary | 10
Ann Street
Homes of quality | 12
Ashley Terrace Boat House
Reviving the mathematical river | 14
Barnton Quarry Bunker
Cold comfort in the Cold War | 16
Blackford Hill
A ringside view of the Ice Age | 18
The Botanic Cottage
An enlightening garden centre | 20
Bruntsfield Links
Play the course as you find it | 22
The Café Royal
A palace of a pub | 24
The Caiystane
Strange sentinel in the suburbs | 26
The Caley Station Gates
Regal relic of the war of the railways | 28
The Camera Obscura
Through a glass, darkly | 30
Cammo Park
Wild domain of the Black Widow | 32
Castle Terrace Farmers' Market
From the field to the fork | 34
The Catherine Sinclair Memorial
A philanthropic friend to children and animals | 36
Chalmers Memorial Church
For those in peril on the sea | 38
Craiglockhart War Hospital
Shellshocked in Dottyville | 40
Craigmillar Castle
This castle hath a pleasant seat | 42
Cramond
The ferryman and the lion | 44
Cramond Island
A haven and a barricade | 46
Dean Bridge
A colossal masterwork | 48
Dean Cemetery
A fashionable spot to rest undisturbed | 50
Dean Village
Old mills by the stream | 52
Debenhams' Library Room
Victorian gentleman lurking in ladieswear | 54
The Dominion Cinema
Grand old lady of the silver screen | 56
Dovecot Studios
Textiles that make a splash | 58
Dr Neil's Garden
Horticultural healing | 60
Dreaming Spires
Walking tall outside the multiplex | 62
Dreghorn Practice Trenches
Preparing for the hell of the Somme | 64
Dunbar's Close Garden
The spirit of gardens past | 66
Dundas House Banking Hall
The star-spangled vault | 68
Edinburgh College of Art Sculpture Court
Casting around for classical perfection | 70
Edinburgh Printmakers
The freedom of the press | 72
The Elephant House
A place of wizard inspiration | 74
Fettes College
OTT old school of 007 | 76
The Flodden Tower
Keeping the English out | 78
The Forth Bridge
Made in Scotland, from girders | 80
The French Institute
An old and cultured ally | 82
General Register House Rotunda
A Pantheon for the nation's archives | 84
George Heriot's School
The great soul of Jingling Geordie | 86
Gilmerton Cove
A subterranean rock-cut mystery | 88
Gladstone's Land
From pigsties to painted ceilings | 90
Glencorse Reservoir
Still waters and deep history | 92
Glenkinchie Distillery
Tak aff yer dram | 94
Gorgie City Farm
A reclaimed rural enclave | 96
Greyfriars Kirkyard
Much more than a legendary dog's home | 98
The GVIR Postbox at the Inch
Defusing an explosive situation | 100
I J Mellis Cheesemongers
Taste before you buy | 102
Inchcolm
Ancient battleground in the Forth | 104
The Innocent Railway
When trains went at a horse's pace | 106
The International Climbing Arena
Taking rock sports to new heights | 108
The James Clark Maxwell Birthplace
The forgotten giant of physics | 110
Lady Stair's House
The men behind the pen | 112
Lady Victoria Colliery
A mine of information | 114
Lauriston Castle
Edwardian time capsule with a long history | 116
The Mansfield Traquair Centre
The rainbow at the end of the world | 118
The Meadows Sundial
Well-arranged time | 120
The Merchant Navy Memorial
Sustaining this island fortress | 122
The Millennium Clock
Towering circles of life and death | 124
The Miller Mausoleum
Craigentinny's marvellous marbles | 126
The Moray Estate
A grand alternative to the monotonous grid | 128
Moray House Garden Pavilion
The unspeakable act in the summerhouse | 130
The Mound
The mud heap with an electric blanket | 132
Mr Purves' Lighting Emporium
Illumination without electrics | 134
Mr Wood's Fossils
When Stan met Lizzie | 136
Muschat's Cairn
The stones tell the tale | 138
The Museum on the Mound
Money matters | 140
The National Monument
A magnificent disgrace | 142
Newhailes
Original splendour - unrestored | 144
The Oily Well
Liberton's healing balm | 146
Old College
Triumphal gateway to knowledge | 148
The Old Palm Stove
A venerable tree and a whiff of the tropics | 150
The Old Royal High School
The parliament that never was | 152
The Oxford Bar
Inspector Rebus' no-nonsense boozer | 154
Parliament Square
Historic hub of genius and learning | 156
Penguin Parade
The zoo's other black and white stars | 158
Piershill Cemetery
The sensational last act of a celebrity dog lover | 160
The Political Martyrs' Monument
The cause of the people | 162
The Portobello Pottery Kilns
Days of ginger beer and hot water bottles | 164
Portobello Promenade
We do like to be beside the seaside | 166
The Portrait Gallery Entrance Hall
Gilded heroes of the nation | 168
The Prestoungrange Gothenburg
A fine house for responsible drinking | 170
The Radical Road
A walk for romantics, built by revolutionaries | 172
Ramsay Garden
Castles in the air | 174
Real Foods
The principle of natural selection | 176
The Robin Chapel
Music and praise in perpetuity | 178
Rosslyn Chapel
A unique medieval puzzle | 180
Sam Burns' Yard
From a needle to an anchor | 182
Sandy Bell's
The soul of Scots music | 184
Sciennes Jewish Burial Ground
A hidden cemetery for a hidden people | 186
Scotland Street Station
The railway under the New Town | 188
The Scott Monument
One man and his dog | 190
The Sheep Heid Inn
Beer and skittles fit for a king | 192
Springvalley Gardens Lane
Ghost town in Morningside | 194
St Bernard's Well
The foul waters of Hygeia | 196
St Cecilia's Hall
Listening to the 18th century | 198
St Giles' Cathedral Rooftop
Crowning glory | 200
St Margaret's Chapel
Simple shrine for a sainted queen | 202
St Triduana's Chapel
Spiritual cleansing | 204
The Stockbridge Colonies
By the workers, for the workers | 206
Summerhall
Artful revamp of the old vet school | 208
Surgeons' Hall Museums
Gruesome, but gripping | 210
Swanston
A quaint little place in the lap of the hills | 212
Thomson's Tower
The curling club and the painting minister | 214
The Treasure Trove
Homemade, fairtrade, self-aid | 216
Trinity Apse
A truncated Gothic relic | 218
Trinity House
A better life on the ocean wave | 220
Tupiniquim Ex-Police Box
The afterlife of the bobbies' temples | 222
21st Century Kilts
Skirts for men of the new millennium | 224
Victoria Swing Bridge
Keeping the docks in full swing | 226
The Witches' Fountain
Fair is foul, and foul is fair | 228
World's End
The limits of a gated community | 230
