Riddle'S Court, Edinburgh
Tuesday: 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 17:00
Friday: 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday: -
Sunday: -
About Riddle'S Court, Edinburgh
Riddle's Court is a unique Old Town Edinburgh venue and meeting space available to hire.
Riddle'S Court, Edinburgh Description
Riddle's Court is an A-listed former merchant's house, located in the heart of the Old Town, near Edinburgh Castle at the top of the Royal Mile.
Hidden away until recently, it is a beautiful and atmospheric building making it a unique venue for exceptional events and spectacular entertaining.
With many years' experience in planning business meetings and conferences, weddings, private dinners, artistic performances, and exhibitions, people choose Riddle's Court for its excellent staff and service, our attention to detail, the memorable experience and affordable fees.
Conferences, seminars, and business meetings
- with captivating, flexible space and separate breakout areas, we can accomodate as few as 10 to as many as 100 people.
Weddings
- We offer intimacy and a romantic ambience under the captivating painted ceilings and hidden courtyards
Parties and Private Dining
- As far back as 1598, Riddles Court hosted a banquet of 'great merriment' and it remains a palce to enjoy fine food and drink in good company.
Performance Art, Festivals and More
From Maggie Smith performing here to storytelling with Grants whisky, to book launches with Germaine Greer , to LEGo cityscape with Warren Elsmore our venue is a fine venue for special events.
HISTORY
Built in 1590, it has considerable historic and cultural significance. It was the venue for a banquet to honour King James VI and his Queen in 1598, home to David Hume in 1751 and one of the first of Patrick Geddes' University Halls in the 1890s.
If you are interested in hiring the Venue please contact us
By email: info@shbt.org. uk
By telephone: 0131 510 8789
By post: Scottish Historic Buildings Trust, Riddle’s Court, 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2PG
For information on The Scottish Historic Buildings Trust go to:
www. shbt.org. uk
For information on the Patrick Geddes Centre go to:
http://www. patrickgeddescentre.org. uk /
For information on Riddle's Court go to:
http://www. riddlescourt.org. uk /
Reviews
Thanks to funding from Creative Scotland, the Patrick Geddes Centre autumn programme launch, an evening of Gaelic song with Gillebride Mac'IlleMhaoil, is now free to attend! Join us fireside with a dram in the perfect setting for a relaxed musical evening. Tickets will be available on the door but we recommend advance booking. https://www.facebook.com/events/107727239 2428106/
Incredible historic pictures - can we also post the equivalent showing the after please.
Let's hope for beautiful autumnal weather on our The Patrick Geddes Centre Green Spaces event on October 10th. An ideal professional learning experience for those working in the heritage and tourism sector VisitScotland Scottish Tourist Guides The National Trust for Scotland https://bit.ly/2wDQz0s
The Patrick Geddes Centre at Riddle's Court hosts Newbattle Abbey College Celtic Studies evening class from Sept 26th with a special launch event on Sept 19th featuring #Outlander star Gillebrìde MacMillan. Book on 0131 663 1921 Options for complete course and single session https://www.newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk/p atrickgeddes Places are limited so book early! #lifelonglearning
Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment. It offers free access to over a thousand venues across the country throughout September, every year. Riddle's Court, a 16th century merchant's house located on the Lawnmarket in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town, is delighted to be part of this festival and invites the public to explore its unique and historic features.
The aim of Doors Open Days is to ensure that Scotlan...d’s built heritage, new and old, is made accessible to people living and visiting the country on weekends in September.
For more details about Riddle's Court please visit www.riddlescourt.co.uk
For more information on Doors Open Day please visit www.doorsopendays.org.uk
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Tom & Mairi's wedding, 2018. Photo by Sheila MacDonald.
We are delighted to be the location for PQA Venues during Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018. To explore the festival listings in our 16th century merchant's house visit the main booking website:
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on…*
We are delighted to see Riddle's Court completely transformed for the Edinburgh Fringe - and the excitement in the building is infectious!
Just one of our incredible selection of Edinburgh Fringe performances at Riddle's Court this August - check out Para Handy: A Radio Play on Stage.
The Fringe has arrived! Unless you are outside of Edinburgh, you cannot fail to have noticed the floods of visitors, the exuberant performers, the silent discos, and the flyers underfoot! If you are looking for a variety of performances under one historic and unique roof, then join us and The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts at the Patrick Geddes Centre at Riddle's Court.
Our director Murray Wiegratz-Hope says: “We are honoured and delighted to welcome PQA to the Pat...rick Geddes Centre at Riddle’s Court. Geddes was a pioneer and champion of the central roles education and the arts should play in driving social change. His firm belief that we learn best by doing, ‘by living we learn’, couldn’t be better reflected in the fantastic work of PQA.”
“As a new learning and cultural centre for all, founded on promoting the interests, ideas and impact of Patrick Geddes, PQA and the Patrick Geddes Centre are a perfect fit. We look forward to welcoming audiences to our historic building, filled once again with fantastic new sights and sounds!”
To explore all of our PQA events, click here:
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on…*
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More about Riddle'S Court, Edinburgh
Tuesday: 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday: 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 09:00 - 17:00
Friday: 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday: -
Sunday: -