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Edinburgh DOD Venues 1991-2015 25 YEARS OF EDINBURGH DOOR OPEN DAYS A list of participating venues By Margaret Jessop August 2015 thecockburnassociation Edinburgh’s Civic Trust Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR www.cockburnassociation.org.uk Name of organisation Dates No Aberdeen Asset Management 12,13,15 3 Ace It Computer Training 11,12,13 3 Acheson House Garden 12 1 8 Advocate’s Close 93,94,95,01,03 5 Advocate’s Library, Parliament House 08,09,13,14,15 5 Aegon House 01 1 AiA Art in Architecture 11 1 Alexander Graham Bell House 00,01,02 3 Alien Rock 96,97,00,02,04,05,06,09,12,13,14 11 Alnwickhill Water Treatment Plant 98 1 Anatomy Lecture Theatre/Collection 03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12,13,14,15 13 of Military Surgery A. Rowling Regenerative Clinic 15 1 Archer’s Hall 09 1 Arcadia Children’s Nursery 14 1 Argyle House / Forestcentreplus 13 1 Arthur Lodge 92 93 2 Artspace 11 1 Ashworth Labs & National History 03,05,06,07 4 Museum Assembly Rooms 03,08,09,12,13,14,15 7 Assembly Roxy 14 1 Augustine United Church 97,05,06,09 4 Bank of Scotland, The Mound 00,01,02,05,06,07 6 Balerno Parish Church & St Joseph’s 12 1 Centre Barclay Church 94,97,01,03,07,11,14 7 Barony Community Garden 15 1 Bartholomew House 02 1 Basil Paterson College 09,11 2 B&B Edinburgh 12,13 2 Beechwood House 92,98 2 5 Belford Place 13 1 Belleville Lodge 06 1 11a Bellfield Lane, Japanese House 10 1 Benjamin Tindall Architects 14 1 Boroughmuir High School 13,15 2 Boswell’s Garden, Chessel’s Court 06 1 Breakfast Mission, 15 Old Fishmarket 04,05,06,07,08 5 Close Bridgend Allotment Site 06 1 4 Brighthouse Gait Park, Cramond 05,06 2 British Geological Society 98,00,01,02.03,04.05.06,09,10,11,12,13,14 14 6 Broughton Place 13 1 Broughton Place Church 97 1 Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church 97 1 Brustane House 92,93,08 3 Buchanan Court, Calton Rd 99 1 Buccleuch & Greyfriars Free Church / 12,13,14 3 Graveyard Burdiehouse Burn Valley Park 06 1 Burns Monument, Regent Road 96,01,04,06,09,10,11,12,13,14,15 11 2 Caiystane View 13,14 2 Caledonian Brewery 92,93.98,01 4 Caledonia House 99 1 4 Caledonia Place 03 1 thecockburnassociation Edinburgh’s Civic Trust Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR www.cockburnassociation.org.uk Calton Old & New Graveyards 06 1 7 Campbell Road 10 1 Canongate Church / Graveyard 93,94,95,96,97,02,13,14,15 9 Canonmills Baptist Church 96 1 Carlton Cricket Club 06 1 Caroline Park/House 92,00,01,04 4 Carrubers Christian Centre 97 1 Castlehill Reservoir 93,94 2 Castlelaw Hill Fort & Soutterrain 06 1 Catholic Apostolic Church 92,93,94,98 4 Catholic Chaplaincy 97 1 170 Causewayside 07 1 Central Fire Station 04 1 Central Garage 01,04 2 Central Library 05,06,07,09,13 5 Central Mosque 99,01,03,04,05,06 6 Centre for Sport & Exercise, 46 The 11 1 Pleasance Chapel of St John 96,97,02 3 Chancellor’s Building 04,05,06,07 4 Chancellor’s Court 04 1 Chapel of St Albert The Great 13,14,15 3 Charlotte Chapel 15 1 1 Charlotte Square 92 93 2 5 Charlotte Square 95,98 2 12 Charlotte Square 95 1 22-23 Charlotte Square, Adam & 00 1 Company 29-30 Charlotte Square 95 1 6b Chessels Court 06 1 Circus Lane Mews 13 1 City of Edinburgh Methodist Church 14,15 2 Christadelphian Church 97 1 Christie Miller Mausoleum 97,02 2 Christ Church, Morningside 97,15 2 Cockburn Museum of Geoscience 07 1 Crocket’s Land 05,06,15 3 Church of the Sacred Heart 02,09 2 Church of Scotland Assembly Hall 97,10,14,15 4 Church of Scotland Offices 97,99 2 Church Hill Theatre 09,10,11 3 Central Fire Station 92,93,94,95,96 5 City Chambers 02,09,11,10,12,15 6 Claverhouse Training Centre 01 1 Clerwood Walled Garden 06 1 Coates Hall 93 1 Colinton Community Composting 06 1 Colinton Mains Parish Church 97 1 Colinton Parish Church/Hall 95,01 2 Comiston Wellhouse 08,09 2 Commercial Quay 96 1 Community Church Edinburgh King’s 10 1 Hall Corstorphine Doo’cot 01,03 2 Corstorphine Dower House 94,95 2 Corstorphine Hill Tower 01,06,09,10,11,12,13,14 8 Corstorphine Old Parish Church / Hall 94,95,97,00,10,12,15 7 Corstorphine Police Station 05,06 2 Council Chambers 96 1 Cowgate Under 5’s Centre 02 1 thecockburnassociation Edinburgh’s Civic Trust Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR www.cockburnassociation.org.uk Craigcrook Castle 93,94,95,10 4 Craighouse and Old Craig 97,98,99 3 Craiglockhart Chapel, Napier 97 1 University 9 Craiglockhart Loan 07 1 Craigmillar Police Station 11 1 Craigsbank Church 04,12 2 Cramond House 93 1 Cramond Kirk / Hall 93,95,03,10,12,13,14,15 8 Creative Labs & B. Scott Sculpture 15 1 Centre Croft an Righ House 96,00 2 Crown Estate Office 98,00 2 Currie Kirk 13 1 Custom House 15 1 Dalmeny Church 00,03,12,13,14,15 6 30-38 Dalmeny Street, The Drill Hall 05 1 Dance Base 01,02,09 3 Daniel Stewart’s & Melville College 96,07,08,09,10,12,14 7 Danish Cultural Institute 97,98,99,00,07,12,13,14 8 5 Darnaway Street 92 93 2 6 Darnaway Street 93,94,97 3 6-8 Darnaway Street 00 1 David Hume Memorial 94,95,97 3 Dean Allotment Association 15 1 Dean Cemetery 12 1 Dean Gardens 14 1 Diageo 02,03 2 Digital Graffiti 12 1 Dolphin House 04,05,06 3 Donaldson’s College 94,97,98,07 4 Doo Hill House, 1 Spylaw Bank Road 08 1 Dovecot, Infirmary Street 08,09,11,12,13,14,15 7 Dower House, Corstorphine 08,10,12,13,15 5 Drill Hall 06 1 Drumsheugh Baths 92,93,94,99,03,07,09,11,13,15 10 Drumsheugh Toll, 3 Belford Road 08,09 2 Drummond House 99 1 4 Drummond Place 93 1 Drummond Place Gardens 06,10 2 34 Drummond Place 95 1 Drylaw Police Station 10 1 DTI Store 00,01,02,03,04 5 Duddingston House 95,96,00,02,07,08,09 7 Duddingston Kirk 97,08,09,11,12 5 Dunbar’s Close Garden 06 1 Dundas House 92,93,94,95,00,02,03 7 18 Eastfield 12 1 Echline Primary School 06 1 Eco House, 223 Lanark Road West 12,13 2 Edinburgh Academy / Science Centre 92,93,94,95,96,97,99,01,04,07 10 Edinburgh Baha’I Centre 12,13,15 3 Edinburgh Buddhist Centre 97 1 Edinburgh Castle, David’s Tower 05,06 2 Edinburgh Centre for Carbon 13,14,15 3 Innovation Edinburgh Chess Club 11 1 Edinburgh City Chambers 13,14 2 Edinburgh College of Art 92,93,98,02,04,07,11,13 8 Edinburgh Cyrenians Fareshare Depot 13,14,15 3 thecockburnassociation Edinburgh’s Civic Trust Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR www.cockburnassociation.org.uk Edinburgh Dental Institute 98 1 Edinburgh Festival Theatre 98,99,04 3 Edinburgh International Climbing 11,12,13,14 4 Centre Edinburgh Park Marketing Suite 05,06 2 Edinburgh Photographic Society 11,12 2 Edinburgh Printmakers 05,06,08,12,13,14,15 7 Edinburgh Prison Visitor Centre 02 1 Edinburgh Research & Innovation 00 1 Edinburgh School of English 97 1 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop 05,06,09 3 Edinburgh Sheriff Court/Justice of the 04,08,09,10,11,12,13,14 8 Peace Court Edinburgh SNP Club, 16 North St 05,06,07,08 4 Andrew St Edinburgh Society of Musicians 97,99,02,03,05,06,07,11,12,13,14 11 Edinburgh Sports Club 09,10,11 3 Edinburgh Steiner School Kindergarten 11,12,13,14,15 5 Edinburgh Synagogue 97 1 Edinburgh University Main Library 99,15 2 Edinburgh World Heritage Trust 00,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09 9 Edmonstone Ridge Park 06 1 Eric Liddell Centre 97,00,03,04 4 Fairmilehead Church 99,15 2 Fairmilehead Water Treatment Plant 99 1 Festival Theatre 12 1 Fettes College 92,93,94,95 4 7&9 Fettes Row 01 1 Filmhouse 10,12,13,14 4 Flora Stevenson’s Nursery 03 1 Former Southside Garage 07 1 Forth Corinthian Yacht Club 01 1 Forth Quarter Park, Granton 06 1 61 Fountainhall Road 06 1 Free Church Meeting House/offices 93,94,95 3 Free St Columba Church 07 1 Freemason’s Hall,96 George St 00 1 French Institute / Library 96,97,98,99,00,01,05,06,07,08,09,12,13,14,15 15 Gardens in New Town / West End 92,93,94,95 5 5 Gardens in the Old Town 96 1 Gayfield House 92,93,94 3 Gayfield Square Police Station 07 1 General Assembly Hall, Church of 11,13 2 Scotland General Register House / New Register 93,94,01,04,08,10,12 7 House George Heriot’s School / Gardens 92 93,96,97,98,99,01,02,04,06,12 11 23 and 25 George Square 96 1 27 George Square 96 1 George Square Energy Centre 14 1 George Watson’s College 98 1 Girl Guiding Scotland, 16 Coates 10 1 Crescent Gladstone Court 93,94,95 3 Glasite Meeting House 92,93,94,95,97,00,04,07,08,10,11,13,14,15 14 3 Glenfinlas Street 00 1 10 Glenfinlas Street 00 1 Gillis Centre Chapel 97,03,04 3 Gogarbank Walled Garden 12 1 Gogar Cabinet Works / Gogar Church 02,03,04,09,10,12,13,14,15 9 thecockburnassociation Edinburgh’s Civic Trust Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR www.cockburnassociation.org.uk Granton Lighthouse 09,10 2 Granton Research Centre 95,96,00 3 211 Granton Road,Zone Architects 07 1 Studio 29-39 Grassmarket 98 1 Grassmarket Centre 14 1 53 Great King Street 95 1 5 Greenbank Crescent 10 1 Greenbank Parish Church & Halls 02,14 2 Greyfriars Kirk/yard 92,93,94,95,96,97,02,04,05,06,08,13,14,15 14 Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk 13 1 Grove/Fountainbridge Community 15 1 Garden 11 Grovenor Crescent, Edith Simon’s 05,06,07,08 4 House Grovewood Hill, Craigs Road 07 1 Guiness UDV 01 1 Harmeny School 01,03,05,06,08,11,12,14,15 9 Heart of Midlothian Football Club 11 1 Hermitage House, Braid Road 12,13,14,15 4 13 Heriot Row 93,94,95,96 4 Heriot Watt University Edinburgh 12 1 Campus High Court of Justiciary 99,04 2 Highland Tolbooth 97 1 5 Historical Graveyards in the World 09 1 Heritage Site Historic Scotland Conservation 09 1 Workshop History of Education Centre 98 1 HM Prison Visitor Reception Centre 00 1 Holyrood Abbey Church 97,02,08,12,13 5 Holyrood Park / Education Centre 02,06 2 Hopetoun Crescent Garden 06 1 Hotel du Vin 09 1 Howdenhall Police Station 08 1 ICMS & ECCI 12 1 Ingleby Gallery 12 1 Inch House 10,11,12,13,14
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