Bute House

Bute House is the official residence and workplace of the first minister of Scotland. Located at 6 in the of Edinburgh, it is the central house on the north side of the square and was designed by Robert Adam.
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  • Type: Government office
  • Description: official residence of the First Minister of Scotland
  • Also known as: “Bute House, 6 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh” and “Edinburgh, 6 Charlotte Square, Bute House”
  • Address: 6 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and The Georgian House.

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is a historic castle in , Scotland. It stands on , which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Bute House.

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is an 18th-century townhouse situated at No. 7 in the heart of the historic of the city of , .

Garden
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is a garden square in , Scotland, part of the , designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The square is located at the west end of George Street and was intended to mirror in the east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moray Estate and West End.

Neighborhood
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The , also known as the Moray Feu, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the . Built on an awkward and steeply sloping site, it has been described as a masterpiece of urban planning.

Suburb
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The is an affluent district of , , which along with the rest of the and forms central Edinburgh, and Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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are two districts of immediately north of . The main tourist draw here is the Royal Botanic Garden. There's also an eclectic variety of independent shops and some great places to eat and drink.

Bute House

Latitude
55.9525° or 55° 57′ 9″ north
Longitude
-3.20805° or 3° 12′ 29″ west
Open location code
9C7RXQ3R+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11265156990
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Wiki­data ID
Q2928830
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Bute House” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Bute House”
  • Chinese: “布特大厦”
  • Chinese: “布特大廈”
  • Chinese: “布特大樓”
  • Cornish: “Chy Bute”
  • Dutch: “Bute House”
  • French: “Bute House”
  • German: “Bute House”
  • Hebrew: “בית ביוט”
  • Irish: “Taigh Bhóid”
  • Italian: “Bute House”
  • Japanese: “ビュート・ハウス”
  • Macedonian: “Бјутска куќа”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bute House”
  • Norwegian: “Bute House”
  • Portuguese: “Bute House”
  • Scots: “Bute House”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh Bhòid”
  • Spanish: “Bute House”

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