Panmure House (Edinburgh)

Panmure House is a 17th-century townhouse located in Edinburgh's Canongate. It is a former residence of economist Adam Smith, who resided there between 1778 and 1790.[1]

This article is about the townhouse in Edinburgh. For the country house demolished in 1955, see Panmure House.

During his time living within Panmure House, Smith would continue to study and write, producing no fewer than four new editions of The Wealth of Nations[2] between 1778 and 1789.

Smith died in Panmure House in 1790.

Now an A listed building, Panmure House is the last surviving Smith residence, which in 2008 was bought by the Edinburgh Business School,[3] the Graduate School of Heriot-Watt University; the School has commissioned the restoration of Panmure House into a centre of learning which will provide a resource for students, businesses and the local community. Work began on the restoration of Panmure House in July 2016.

References
  1. "Panmure House Restoration website".
  2. "Adam Smith at Panmure House: The Wealth Of Nations".
  3. "Panmure House restoration gets the go ahead".

Further reading
  • Hirst, Francis W. (1904). Adam Smith. Macmillan.
  • Fay, C. R. (1956). Adam Smith and the Scotland of His Day. Cambridge: University Press.
  • "Scottish Notes: Civic Skyscraper for Lanark". Official Architecture and Planning. 20 (12): 620. December 1957. JSTOR 44128568.
  • "Scottish Notes: Glenrothes May Take Glasgow Overspill". Official Architecture and Planning. 21 (2): 90. February 1958. JSTOR 44128016.
  • "Dust-up over capital's crumbling landmarks". Edinburgh Evening News. 13 January 2010.
  • Jamieson, Bill (15 January 2011). "The plight of Panmure House". The Scotsman. p. 18.
  • "Public inquiry set for Adam Smith house". Building Design. 4 February 2011. p. 5.
  • Ferguson, Brian (3 March 2011). "Glass atrium would 'hurt' historic Adam Smith house". The Scotsman. p. 24.
  • Ferguson, Brian (4 March 2011). "Glass box will put Panmure House 'on the tourist map'". The Scotsman. p. 22.
  • Ferguson, Brian (22 July 2011). "Go-ahead to a new future for Adam Smith's former home". The Scotsman. p. 24.
  • Jamieson, Bill (31 July 2012). "Restoration frustration at Adam Smith's Panmure House in Edinburgh". The Scotsman.
  • Rizzo, Ilde; Mignosa, Anna (2013). Handbook on the Economics of Cultural Heritage. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 491–. ISBN 978-0-85793-100-9.
  • "Investigations at Panmure House". Edinburgh World Heritage. 26 September 2014.

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