Brunstane ( ) is a northeastern suburb 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.
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, 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 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 window
A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels, or "sashes". The individual sashes are traditionally paned windows, but can now contain an individual sheet (or sheets, in the case of double glazing) of glass.
History
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s 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