Tower, Penicuik House
Tower, Penicuik House is a tower in Midlothian, Scotland. Tower, Penicuik House is situated nearby to The Lost Garden of Penicuik, as well as near the forest Serpentine Wood.Photo: ToyHorse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: architectural structure in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Penicuik House, Tower” and “Penicuik Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Penicuik Town Hall and Uttershill Castle.
Penicuik Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penicuik Town Hall, formerly the Cowan Institute, is a municipal building in the High Street, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The structure, which was the meeting place of Penicuik Burgh Council, is a Category C listed building. Penicuik Town Hall is situated 1 mile east of Tower, Penicuik House.
Uttershill Castle
Castle
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uttershill Castle is a ruinous 16th-century tower house, about 0.5 miles south of Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, south of the river North Esk, and west of the Black Burn. Alternative names are Utters Hill and Outtershill Castle. Uttershill Castle is situated 1¼ miles east of Tower, Penicuik House.
Penicuik Free Church, Peebles Road, Penicuik
Church
Photo: Dawatters, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penicuik Free Church, Peebles Road, Penicuik is situated 1 mile east of Tower, Penicuik House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penicuik and Silverburn.
Penicuik
Photo: YOGAN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penicuik is a town in The Lothians 10 miles south of Edinburgh. It's mostly commuterland for the city, with a population of 16,200 in 2016. It has an army base and is close to the scenic Pentland Hills.
Silverburn
Hamlet
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silverburn is a small hamlet near Penicuik, in Midlothian, south-east Scotland. It has a small community centre, with a garden surrounding the hall, which featured on the BBC Television programme The Beechgrove Garden in June 2008.
Auchendinny
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchendinny is a small village in Glencorse near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The village had a paper mill at Dalmore, until its closure in 2005. This was Midlothian's last remaining papermill and after demolition is now the site of new home development. Auchendinny is situated 2½ miles northeast of Tower, Penicuik House.
Tower, Penicuik House
- Categories: architectural structure, building, and historic site
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.82382° or 55° 49′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.24675° or 3° 14′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C7RRQF3+G7OpenStreetMap ID
way 556769960OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=follyOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q17828492
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Lost Garden of Penicuik and Serpentine Wood.
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