19:
428:
218:
54:
The Braid estate was the property of the de Brad family one of whom, Henri de Brad, was
Sheriff of Edinburgh in the 12th century. A castle stood on the estate until the 18th century. In the 18th century the estate was purchased by the lawyer Charles Gordon of
78:
In 1937 the then owner of the
Hermitage, John McDougal, gifted the land to the city for use as a public park. A pillar in the grounds records the gift, and the subsequent opening of the park on 10 June 1938 by
59:(died 1814), who commissioned the present house, known as Hermitage of Braid or Hermitage House, which stands on the north side of the Braid Burn. The house was built in 1785 by the Edinburgh architect
255:
492:
107:
83:
Sir Louis Gumley. The house is now a visitor centre for the nature reserve, and offices of the City of
Edinburgh Council's Countryside Natural Heritage Service.
248:
487:
402:
187:
482:
241:
497:
443:
357:
111:
407:
377:
427:
162:
222:
412:
18:
80:
417:
397:
330:
60:
140:
392:
387:
68:
42:
runs through it. It comprises part of the 60.3-hectare (149-acre) Hermitage of Braid and
Blackford Hill
136:
43:
320:
315:
310:
290:
166:
362:
345:
305:
352:
72:
280:
35:
476:
340:
325:
382:
372:
56:
233:
367:
300:
285:
167:"Hermitage of Braid, off Braid Road (Category A Listed Building) (LB27407)"
64:
31:
39:
458:
445:
267:
217:
22:
Hermitage of Braid, the 18th-century house which gives the area its name
295:
17:
63:. The castellated style may have been influenced by the work of
237:
426:
228:
229:Friends of Hermitage of Braid & Blackford Hill
67:. Charles Gordon's son was the soldier and MP
249:
8:
110:. City of Edinburgh Council. Archived from
256:
242:
234:
403:Regent, Royal and Carlton Terrace Gardens
108:"Hermitage of Braid Local Nature Reserve"
102:
100:
98:
96:
71:(c.1776–1858). The house is a category A
493:Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh
157:
155:
131:
129:
92:
7:
14:
488:Local nature reserves in Scotland
216:
483:Parks and commons in Edinburgh
408:Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
1:
163:Historic Environment Scotland
514:
498:Listed houses in Scotland
424:
276:
321:Craigmillar Castle Park
30:is an area between the
432:
393:Princes Street Gardens
23:
430:
265:Parks and gardens in
21:
398:Queen Street Gardens
383:Moray Estate Gardens
225:at Wikimedia Commons
188:"Hermitage of Braid"
142:The Gordons of Cluny
44:Local Nature Reserve
455: /
378:London Road Gardens
69:Colonel John Gordon
459:55.9199°N 3.2009°W
433:
336:Hermitage of Braid
316:Craiglockhart Hill
223:Hermitage of Braid
28:Hermitage of Braid
24:
438:
437:
311:Corstorphine Hill
291:Bruntsfield Links
221:Media related to
148:. pp. 19–33.
114:on 11 August 2014
505:
470:
469:
467:
466:
465:
464:55.9199; -3.2009
460:
456:
453:
452:
451:
448:
413:St Andrew Square
363:Lauriston Castle
358:King George Park
306:Charlotte Square
270:
266:
258:
251:
244:
235:
220:
204:
203:
201:
199:
184:
178:
177:
175:
173:
159:
150:
149:
147:
133:
124:
123:
121:
119:
104:
513:
512:
508:
507:
506:
504:
503:
502:
473:
472:
463:
461:
457:
454:
449:
446:
444:
442:
441:
439:
434:
422:
353:Inverleith Park
272:
268:
264:
262:
213:
208:
207:
197:
195:
186:
185:
181:
171:
169:
161:
160:
153:
145:
135:
134:
127:
117:
115:
106:
105:
94:
89:
73:listed building
52:
12:
11:
5:
511:
509:
501:
500:
495:
490:
485:
475:
474:
436:
435:
425:
423:
421:
420:
415:
410:
405:
400:
395:
390:
385:
380:
375:
370:
365:
360:
355:
350:
349:
348:
338:
333:
328:
323:
318:
313:
308:
303:
298:
293:
288:
283:
281:Blackford Hill
277:
274:
273:
263:
261:
260:
253:
246:
238:
232:
231:
226:
212:
211:External links
209:
206:
205:
179:
151:
137:Bulloch, J. M.
125:
91:
90:
88:
85:
51:
48:
36:Blackford Hill
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
510:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
480:
478:
471:
468:
431:Arthur's Seat
429:
419:
418:Victoria Park
416:
414:
411:
409:
406:
404:
401:
399:
396:
394:
391:
389:
386:
384:
381:
379:
376:
374:
371:
369:
366:
364:
361:
359:
356:
354:
351:
347:
346:Arthur's Seat
344:
343:
342:
341:Holyrood Park
339:
337:
334:
332:
329:
327:
324:
322:
319:
317:
314:
312:
309:
307:
304:
302:
299:
297:
294:
292:
289:
287:
284:
282:
279:
278:
275:
271:
259:
254:
252:
247:
245:
240:
239:
236:
230:
227:
224:
219:
215:
214:
210:
193:
189:
183:
180:
168:
164:
158:
156:
152:
144:
143:
138:
132:
130:
126:
113:
109:
103:
101:
99:
97:
93:
86:
84:
82:
76:
74:
70:
66:
62:
58:
49:
47:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
20:
16:
440:
373:Lochend Park
335:
331:Dean Gardens
326:Dalmeny Park
296:Cammo Estate
196:. Retrieved
191:
182:
170:. Retrieved
141:
116:. Retrieved
112:the original
81:Lord Provost
77:
53:
27:
25:
15:
462: /
388:The Meadows
368:Leith Links
301:Calton Hill
286:Braid Hills
65:Robert Adam
61:Robert Burn
32:Braid Hills
477:Categories
447:55°55′12″N
198:6 November
87:References
40:Braid Burn
450:3°12′03″W
269:Edinburgh
194:. RCAHMS
172:26 March
139:(1911).
192:Canmore
118:11 June
50:History
38:. The
146:(PDF)
57:Cluny
200:2013
174:2019
120:2013
34:and
26:The
479::
190:.
165:.
154:^
128:^
95:^
75:.
46:.
257:e
250:t
243:v
202:.
176:.
122:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
