Brunstane is a northeastern suburb of the city of
Edinburgh
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,
Scotland
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. It lies on the
A1 and is served by
Brunstane railway station on the
Borders Railway
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.
Brunstane partly consists of new housing, such as the Gilberstoun estate, and also contains the 1950s council
housing schemes known as
Magdalene and the Christians, which are south and north of Milton Road respectively.
Brunstane House
The current house was built in 1639 for
John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale
John Maitland, 1st Earl of Lauderdale, Viscount of Lauderdale, Viscount Maitland, and Lord Thirlestane and Boltoun, (died January 1645) was President of the Parliament of Scotland as well as the Privy Council, a lawyer and a judge, who sided with t ...
, incorporating an L-plan house dating from the 1560s and early 14th century elements built for the Crichton family. It was extended by
Sir William Bruce
Sir William Bruce of Kinross, 1st Baronet (c. 1630 – 1 January 1710), was a Scottish gentleman-architect, "the effective founder of classical architecture in Scotland," as Howard Colvin observes.Colvin, p.172–176 As a key figure in introduc ...
in 1672 and bought by
Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton in 1733. He employed
William Adam to rebuild parts of the house and install interior panelling, plasterwork and other features. The house includes some of the earliest known examples of
sash windows in Scotland (invented in 1690).
References
External links
Google map centred on Brunstane House built in 1639.
Leaflet on car-free access to eastern Edinburgh
Brunstane Primary School{{Areas of Edinburgh
Areas of Edinburgh