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Doors Open Days Midlothian

Scotland's annual Doors Open Days festival gives you free access to lots of fascinating buildings across Midlothian! This year's event will be held 14th September!

Doors Open Days Midlothian

About Doors Open Days Midlothian

Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and the built environment, new and old. Every September, you can explore hundreds of fascinating buildings across Scotland for free. Some open up once a year, some just once in a lifetime.

Doors Open Days is a national event run by the Scottish Civic Trust. Information about the national programme, including event listings, can be found at www.doorsopendays.org.uk.

Programme Highlights:

Crichton Collegiate Church
Crichton was built as a Collegiate Church by Sir William Crichton, Lord Chancellor of Scotland in the time of King James II, and boasts a fine suite of stained glass windows by Ballantine and Gardiner. The pipe organ dates from 1898 and was built by Joseph Brook. The building is now in the care of a charitable Trust.

Lodge St Leonard Loanhead and Lasswade
This Lodge has been active in Loanhead since February 1876 when a Charter was granted by the Grand Lodge of Scotland to allow it to be formed. The foundation stone was laid on 29 April 1899.

Mavisbank House
Constructed in the 1720's, Mavisbank is one of Scotland's earliest examples of a Palladian style villa. Today, the house is a ruin.

Soutra Aisle
Soutra Aisle, dated 1686, is a family burial vault constructed when the Scottish church banned monuments inside churches. It features ornately carved medieval stone and has been thoroughly investigated and beautifully restored.

The Gorebridge Beacon
The Gorebridge Beacon is a community hub offering event spaces, offices, a community café, and a beautiful garden and play area, maintained by our volunteers. We run a weekly pantry service where locals can do their grocery shop for a nominal charge, and our halls host a range of activities including community groups, workshops, children’s parties and wellbeing events. The Beacon itself is an architecturally interesting building, designed to echo Gorebridge’s mining heritage, while offering a modern airy space for our community to come together.

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