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Houses near Edinburgh
37 houses sit within 40 miles of Edinburgh, from the fortress on the doorstep to Rosslyn-country ruins out toward the Pentlands. Sorted by real distance, not a blogger's rough guess.
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Every house on this list - 17 in total, 2 you can stay overnight in
Gladstone's Land
City of Edinburgh · 0 mi away
One of the oldest surviving tenement buildings on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, with hand-painted ceilings dating from 1620.
The Georgian House
City of Edinburgh · 1 mi away
18th-century New Town townhouse designed by Robert Adam.
Trinity House
City of Edinburgh · 1 mi away
16th-century Leith building built as a meeting house for mariners and shipmasters, now holding maritime collections.
Newhailes House
East Lothian · 4 mi away
Palladian house near Musselburgh associated with the Dalrymple family and the Scottish Enlightenment.
Dalmeny House
West Lothian · 6 mi away
Gothic Revival house on the Firth of Forth, home of the Earls of Rosebery.
Hopetoun House
West Lothian · 11 mi away
Grand 17th/18th-century house on the Firth of Forth, home of the Hope family, run by a preservation trust.
Gosford House
East Lothian · 12 mi away
Neoclassical house designed by Robert Adam, seat of the Earls of Wemyss.
House of the Binns
West Lothian · 13 mi away
Home of the Dalyell family for around 400 years, with 1630s plasterwork ceilings.
Kinneil House
Falkirk · 18 mi away
16th-century Hamilton family mansion where James Watt refined his separate-condenser steam engine design in a workshop beside the house.
Traquair House
Scottish Borders · 24 mi away
Said to be Scotland's oldest continuously inhabited house; offers self-catering accommodation on the estate.
Abbotsford
Scottish Borders · 29 mi away
Home built by novelist Sir Walter Scott, now run by an independent charitable trust with holiday cottages on site.
Bowhill House
Scottish Borders · 30 mi away
Country house of the Duke of Buccleuch, set in a large Borders estate.
Argyll's Lodging
Stirling · 31 mi away
Scotland's most complete surviving 17th-century townhouse, built for Sir William Alexander and later enlarged for the 9th Earl of Argyll.
Mellerstain House
Scottish Borders · 32 mi away
Georgian house with interiors by Robert Adam, seat of the Earls of Haddington.
Scone Palace
Perthshire · 34 mi away
Historic crowning place of Scottish kings, home of the Earls of Mansfield.
Manderston
Scottish Borders · 36 mi away
Edwardian country house often described as the last of the great classical houses built in Britain.
Floors Castle
Scottish Borders · 37 mi away
Scotland's largest inhabited house, seat of the Duke of Roxburghe
Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), not driving or train time - check the operator's own site for real travel options before you go.