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Location
  
Inverleith, Edinburgh

Country
  
Scotland

Architect
  
David Henderson

Construction started
  
1774

Town or city
  
Edinburgh EH3 5NZ

Client
  
James Rocheid

Phone
  
+44 131 248 2971

Inverleith House

Address
  
Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom

Similar
  
Royal Botanic Garden E, Ben Botanic Garden, Scottish National Gallery of, Talbot Rice Gallery, Dawyck Botanic Garden

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Inverleith House is a historic house, now within the Royal Botanic Garden, in the suburb of Inverleith, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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History

Inverleith House was designed in 1773 by David Henderson and built for James Rocheid in 1774. In about 1820 a part of the Inverleith estate was sold to become the Royal Botanic Garden. The house was bought by the city in 1877 together with another part of the estate and, after restoration work following a fire, became the official residence of the Regius Keeper (director) of the Royal Botanic Garden. From 1960 it housed the new Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, which in 1984 moved to the building of the former John Watson's Institution in west Edinburgh. On 4 December 1970 the house was listed as a historic building in category B, with Historic Scotland id 28081. An extension was built in 1974. Since 1986 Inverleith House has been used as exhibition space by the Royal Botanic Garden. Exhibitions of botanical and contemporary art are held there.

Inverleith House was refurbished in 1990 and again in 2004, with support from National Lottery Funds administered by The Scottish Arts Council, which also supports the exhibitions programme.

References

Inverleith House Wikipedia


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