By the respected Edinburgh architect James Gillespie Graham, 1818. Droved sandstone ashlar with polished dressings, coursed rubble to side and rear. Timber panelled doors with fanlights, many decorative (e.g. umbrella and sunburst, border-glazed, ovals and circles).

Feued as part of Alexander Henderson of Warriston's estate, laid out for building by James Gillespie Graham in 1807. Fryderyk (or Frédéric) Chopin stayed at No. 10 during his visit to Edinburgh in 1848. He performed for the Edinburgh high society in what would be his penultimate public performance, a fragile man racked by tuberculosis, and he would be dead in just over one year.

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Built 1809. 3-storey and basement block of tenements with bowed corner, with later public house (by RM Cameron, 1903) built out over basement areas at Nos. 2 and 3. Droved sandstone ashlar. Dividing bands between basement and ground and between ground and 1st floors; cill courses to 1st and 2nd floors; eaves cornice.

Formerly the site of West Warriston House, it was laid out for building and designed by respected Edinburgh architect James Gillespie Graham in 1807. Robert Louis Stevenson was born at No. 8. Thought to be the first terrace in Edinburgh to have front gardens.

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A beautifully proportioned Georgian terrace by James Gillespie Graham is thought to be the first terrace in Edinburgh with front gardens. That fact is not the only one bestowed upon this particular house though, because it happens to be the birthplace of author Robert Louis Stevenson, born on 13th November, 1850.

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By W T Oldrieve for HM Office of Works, 1909-10, completed circa 1930. Free Renaissance-style laboratory and office building. U-plan with symmetrical elevation to Inverleith Row. Central open-pedimented entrance bay with roll-moulded depressed-arch architrave with prominent keystone; large transomed and mullioned staircase window above door with arched tympanum in pediment bearing date, 1910; narrow windows with prominent keystones flanking door. 5 bay wings flanking to each side, divided by giant Doric pilasters.


In the early 20th century it was decided that more space was required for research, and this laboratory building along Inverleith Row was erected in 1909-10. At this point only half the present building was erected, the section left (South) of and including the main entrance, and the rear wing to the South. The building contained classrooms, water culture rooms, a dark room, myeological laboratory, photomicography room, studio and other rooms. The other half of the later symmetrical elevation was planned as a possible extension, and was built c1930.

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By G.M. Holmes Douglas, 1922 for the Edinburgh Exhibition Association; converted in 1934 by E.J. MacRae for it’s present use as a bus depot. Big symmetrical classical front, red brick with red ashlar dressings, wide centre fronting with portholes and massive glazed dome. Ends also slightly advanced.

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