Explore our new immersive visitor experience that takes you through three centuries of Gladstone’s Land history. Learn about the fascinating lives of the people who lived and worked in the property. View beautiful, hand-painted ceilings from 1620 – see if you can spot the monkey!

Gladstone's Land is a surviving 17th-century tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland, and is operated as a popular tourist attraction.

Discover the real Royal Mile of the 17th century. Gladstone’s Land shows how people from a variety of backgrounds went about their lives at a time when the cramped Lawnmarket was at the heart of one of the world’s fastest-growing and influential cities.

Explore 400 years of Edinburgh's Lawnmarket history on 3 floors throughout one of the city's oldest tennement houses! Our self-guided tours and guided tours are fully interactive, which means you're welcome to actually touch and sit on old furniture in a hands-on experience.

Gladstone’s Land is in Edinburgh city centre, on the Lawnmarket at the top of the Royal Mile. Gladstone’s Land 477B Lawnmarket Royal Mile Edinburgh EH1 2NT. There is no parking at the property. Free on-street parking is available on St Giles’ Street for Blue Badge holders.

- Explore our new immersive visitor experience that takes you through three centuries of Gladstone’s Land history. - Learn about the fascinating lives of the people who lived and worked in the property. - View beautiful, hand-painted ceilings from 1620 – see if …

Gladstone’s Land was the house of a wealthy merchant from the seventeenth century. Completely restored in the late 1930’s, it is now a house-museum that explores in detail how the city’s residents lived in the Old Town over 400 years ago.

Gladstone's Land, a six storey building that stands on the north side of Edinburgh's Lawnmarket, not far down the Royal Mile from Edinburgh Castle, is the most important of them.

The story of Gladstone’s Land is inextricably linked to the history of commerce in Edinburgh. Over the years, the property has played host to a wide range of businesses and tradespeople, from spirit dealers to shoemakers, bakers to boarding-house keepers, and drapers to dairymen.

Spot Gladstone Land’s iconic sculpture of a golden hawk clutching a mouse, which hangs above the entrance. (The name “Gledstanes” is derived from the Scots word “gled” meaning hawk). Explore the 17th century apartments, restored to show how the wealthy lived at the time.