Inch House
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Inch House
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 1 Mar 2011
The original tower house on the right was built in 1617 for James Winram, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. The West Wing on the left was added in the late 18thC by the Gilmours of Craigmillar who bought the land in 1660, but has been subjected to Victorian alterations. The primary defence was originally surrounding bogland, the house being reached by a drawbridge over a moat. When Cromwell attacked Edinburgh in 1650, Inch House held out, but its owner, George Winram, died from wounds inflicted at Dunbar when Cromwell's 16,000 strong army turned the tables on its pursuers. During the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, the Gilmours, as staunch supporters of the Hanoverian monarchy, turned the house over to the British Army to garrison troops there. It is now a community centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.925799
Longitude
-3.159407