Doors Open Day - Saturday 27 September

Doors Open Day is organised by the Cockburn Association in partnership with Edinburgh World Heritage.

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5 Charlotte Square
Open: 10.00am to 5.00pm

Learn about Robert Adam’s finest piece of architecture, and find out about the lives of the grand residents and servants of Charlotte Square. Children can join in with making fans and calling cards, or dress up as a Georgian gentleman or lady.

How do you organise a rout in your own home? Join Mr & Mrs Grant for some essential tips on Georgian manners.

Presentations at 11am, 12pm, 2pm, and 3pm last 20 minutes, and are suitable for all the family.

James Craig House
Open: 11am – 4pm

This extraordinary house is one of the few surviving buildings designed by James Craig, famous for his plan for the first New Town, and recent significant restoration of the building enables it to be opened for the first time.

The building dates to 1776 and was intended as an observatory, on the advice of Robert Adam it was designed in a gothic style to match the castle. The plan proved to be too expensive, and instead it became home to the assistant astronomer royal.

There will also be an opportunity to find out more about the restoration of some of the monuments on Calton Hill as part of the Twelve Monuments Project, and to meet some of the conservation specialists who are involved in the work.