Merchiston Tower

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historic building listed building tower house

Merchiston Tower is a historic 16th-century Scottish tower house in Edinburgh, best known as the ancestral home of mathematician and logarithm inventor John Napier.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Merchiston 2
Merchiston Tower canonical 2
Merchiston Hall 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building ⓘ
listed building ⓘ
tower house ⓘ
architecturalStyle Scottish tower house ⓘ
associatedWith John Napier NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtInCentury 16th century ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 15th century ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
currentOwner Edinburgh Napier University NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Renaissance Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Merchiston Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance Scottish architectural heritage ⓘ
Scottish scientific heritage ⓘ
hasFeature battlements ⓘ
thick defensive walls ⓘ
turret ⓘ
hasFunction defensive structure ⓘ
residence ⓘ
university building ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicCounty Midlothian NERFINISHED ⓘ
isInCountryCapital Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Merchiston, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnStreet Colinton Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
notableFor association with the invention of logarithms ⓘ
being the ancestral home of John Napier ⓘ
openToPublic partially ⓘ
originalOwner Napier of Merchiston NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedByFamily Napier family NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Edinburgh Napier University Merchiston campus NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectionStatus legally protected historic building ⓘ
region Edinburgh council area ⓘ
usedAs part of a university campus ⓘ
usedFor administrative purposes ⓘ
educational purposes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Napier → placeOfBirth → Merchiston Tower ⓘ
John Napier → residence → Merchiston Tower ⓘ
Morningside → adjacentTo → Merchiston Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merchiston
Slateford → near → Merchiston Tower ⓘ
this entity surface form: Merchiston
Admiral Sir Charles Napier → birthPlace → Merchiston Tower ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Napier
this entity surface form: Merchiston Hall