Ramsay Garden

Ramsay Garden
Ramsay Garden seen from Princes Street
General information
Architectural style	Scots Baronial
Location	Castlehill
Town or city	Edinburgh
Country	Scotland
Construction started	1733, 1890
Completed	1893
Client	Patrick Geddes
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Stewart Henbest Capper, Sydney Mitchell

Ramsay Garden is a block of sixteen private apartment buildings in the Castlehill area of Edinburgh, Scotland. They stand out for their red ashlar and white harled exteriors, and for their prominent position, most visible from Princes Street.

Developed into its current form between 1890 and 1893 by the biologist, botanist and urban planner Patrick Geddes, Ramsay Garden started out as Ramsay Lodge, an octagonal house built by the poet and wig-maker Allan Ramsay the Elder in 1733.^[1] The house was also known variously as Ramsay Hut and Goosepie House (due to the roof shape). It was complemented by the addition of Ramsay Street, a short row of simple Georgian Houses in 1760.^[2] The latter (in revamped form) stand on the north side of the access to the inner courtyard.