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Bruntsfield is home to the character Isabel Dalhousie in The Sunday Philosophy Club series of books by Alexander McCall Smith which includes The Right Attitude to Rain and The Careful Use of Compliments. Isabel is a philosopher turned detective, who lives a "lady of leisure" lifestyle in a Bruntsfield townhouse.
The Bruntsfield lands, held originally by the King's Sergeant, Richard Broune (hence Brounisfield, later Bruntsfield), were granted by Robert II to Alan de Lawdre in 1381. The Lauder family sold them to the merchant John Fairlie in 1603, whose family sold them in turn to Sir George Warrender, a Bailie and later Lord Provost of Edinburgh, in 1695.
Path by Bruntsfield Links. The area is a favourite spot for dog-walkers and becomes an overspill area when crowds gather in the Meadows during warm Summer weather. The west section of the Links next to Whitehouse Loan, where a former school building (the original Boroughmuir School, later James Gillespie's School for Girls) has been converted to a University Hall of Residence, also attracts ...
Upload another image Inverleith House (Gallery Of Modern Art) Arboretum Road And Inverleith Row 55°57′54″N 3°12′37″W / 55.965027°N 3.210146°W / 55.965027; -3.210146 (Inverleith House (Gallery Of Modern Art) Arboretum Road And Inverleith Row) Category B 28081 Upload another image 80-84 (Even Numbers) Kingston Avenue, Former Kingston Clinic 55°55′10″N 3°09′04 ...
1761: The Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society is formed 1763: Draining of the eastern end of the Nor Loch and construction of the North Bridge, designed by William Mylne, begins; St Cecilia's Hall, by Robert Mylne, Scotland's first purpose-built concert hall, erected; a four-horse coach runs to Glasgow three times a week
Wikidata has entry 46 Bruntsfield Place, Edinburgh (Q17794306) with data related to this item. This is a photo of listed building number. 28375. Date: 9 September ...
In 2009 the congregation combined with the nearby Church of Scotland Barclay Bruntsfield Church, moving into their premises to form the Barclay Viewforth Church. [7] The following year the building was purchased by the King's Church Edinburgh, an evangelical church part of the Newfrontiers group of churches, which in 2022 celebrated its 20th ...
Close-up of the Tollcross clock. The junction is formed by Earl Grey Street (an extension of Lothian Road originally named Wellington Street) to the north, Lauriston Place to the east, Brougham Street to the south-east (leading to Melville Drive which cuts through The Meadows), Home Street to the south (which leads to Bruntsfield), and West Tollcross to the west.