Being in the area I remembered a cast iron gate that I intended to revisit so, although the light was poor, I returned to examine it in detail. This was blipped as an extra here. I was particularly interested in seeing it from the 'inside' as the background in my first photo is confused by a building.

The gate owes its beginnings as the entrance to the mid-to-late C19 Walled Garden of Bush House. No garden now exists; when the estate was requisitioned by the Army for use as an ammunitions depot during the Second World War and thereafter sold to establish the Edinburgh Centre for Rural Economy, the Walled Garden became overgrown and fell into disrepair. In 2000 The Scottish Electrical Contractors Association (SELECT) redeveloped it with a modern building designed to be sympathetic to its surroundings, including much of the original brick wall. 

We borrowed their extensive car park and took a wander. Heading towards the cast-iron gate I came across what would have been a side-gate in the west wall, complete with stone surround and was delighted by the delicate tracery of the design (extra photo), less so of the background of a car park. The photo is adjusted to enhance the metalwork.

So to the the main gate on the south wall, the background for this photo using the old stone of the cottage as contrast by taking a slightly off-centre view to avoid a window. The light is poor by comparison with my earlier visit, facing north. It is obvious from the two inches of tarmac at the base that this gate has not been opened for a long time, it is actually welded shut, so please do not expect to gain access..

Although the 'blurb' states how the design is 'sympathetic to the origins', I do feel that little thought went into the aspect of these two gates, whose lighting and background are completely at odds - but I am so pleased that they are still in situ.