Penicuik House
Penicuik House is a country house. This one stands 1 km southwest of Penicuik. On the official register, it is a category A listed building.
Historic house near Penicuik
Just outside Penicuik
Penicuik House is 1 km southwest of Penicuik. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Penicuik has 46 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
Highs of 17–19°C mark June to August in Penicuik.
Penicuik House
Articles on it exist in 3 languages. Top of the 74 other places within 15 km is Edinburgh Castle, 15 km off.
- Type
- Historic house
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 1 km southwest of Penicuik
- Official site
- penicuikhouse.com
Finding Penicuik House
Find Penicuik House in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Bases near Penicuik House
All of these towns include it on their pages.
Penicuik
Close to Penicuik House
A visit can add 3 castles, 2 art galleries and a museum, from 74 places within 15 km.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandEdinburgh Castle15 km away2
Big drawArt galleryNational Gallery15 km away · 661K visitors a year (2021)3
MuseumNational Museum of Scotland15 km away4
CathedralSt Giles' Cathedral15 km away5
Art galleryScottish National Gallery of Modern Art15 km away · 458K visitors a year (2015)6
CastleRoslin Castle6.7 km away7
ZooEdinburgh Zoo14 km away8
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandCraigmillar Castle14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Penicuik House
Where is Penicuik House?
Penicuik House is 1 km southwest of Penicuik, Midlothian.
What is Penicuik House?
Country house in Midlothian, UK.
When is the best time to visit Penicuik House?
June to August are the warmest months in Penicuik, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Penicuik House a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Penicuik House?
Within 15 km: Edinburgh Castle (15 km), National Gallery (15 km), National Museum of Scotland (15 km) and St Giles' Cathedral (15 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Penicuik House: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Castle: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Museum of Scotland: Maccoinnich~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Giles' Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: Grousebeater2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roslin Castle: Taken by User:Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh Zoo: billfromesm, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craigmillar Castle: Photograph by Stuart Yeates, from en:Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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