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The Roseate Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · Roseate Hotels · Accessible Luxury
Two Victorian houses face each other on West Coates and have been linked from the start. Number 4, once Dunstane Villa, was finished in 1866 for the silk merchant Thomas Gill. Across the road, 5 Hampton Terrace was finished in 1869 for his sister Margaret and her husband Archibald Shearer, a music seller, and in 2023 Bird Group reopened the pair as The Roseate Edinburgh, with 35 rooms.
- 35 rooms
- Neighborhood: Haymarket
About The Roseate Edinburgh
- Thomas Gill kept two servants in Dunstane Villa. Margaret Shearer, across the street, kept two of her own, plus three children.
- The Royal Bank of Scotland later used the villa as a training centre. After the bank left in the 1970s, the houses became a hotel, for years called the Dunstane Houses.
- Number 7 Hampton Terrace, next door, was built in 1868 as the Roseburn Free Church and is now Bible House, home of the Scottish Bible Society.
History
4 West Coates, Dunstane Villa, was finished in 1866, and 5 Hampton Terrace in 1869, a linked pair first lived in by the silk merchant Thomas Gill and his sister Margaret Shearer. The Royal Bank of Scotland later trained staff in the villa. The houses became a hotel after the bank left, traded for years as the Dunstane Houses, and reopened in 2023 as The Roseate Edinburgh, with 35 rooms.
The setting
4 West Coates and 5 Hampton Terrace, between Haymarket station and Murrayfield, about five minutes on foot from the station.
Amenities
- high-quality videos & conferencing equipment, 75-inch TV, wi-fi (main room)
- outdoor bar, sound system, heating in covered area (The Roseate Garden)
- wi-fi, sound system (fourth room)
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