Hermitage Apartments, The Cluny Centre, 1 Cluny Drive, Edinburgh

The site is the former Cluny Centre in Morningside. The existing building is Category A listed and was built in 1890. It was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson.
The building is around 14,948 square foot internally over two floors and a two-storey tower at the northwest of the building. The ground floor of the property consists of a large space which was the former main church, and a hall to the east side of the building. There is a subdividing floor to create an upper level which comprises a large hall space. The upper floor can be accessed from two staircases in the southwest and southeast corner of the main church. There are currently four access points into the building.

The site extends to approximately 0.45 acres in total. There is a paved area at the south side of the building with a short stone wall and metal railing to separate the site from Cluny Drive and green space to the rear of the property at the north. There are several trees at the southwest corner of the site.

Morningside is a leafy suburb in south Edinburgh, desired by residents due to its busy high street, parks and community. The property sits on the corner of Cluny Drive and Braid Road, around 140 yards from Comiston Road which leads into Morningside Road. Morningside Road is a bustling high-street with a number of independent restaurants, cafés, pubs and shops, as well as a Waitrose and an M&S Food.

The Hermitage Apartments are approximately 2.2 miles from Edinburgh city centre.

The Dominion Cinema, an independent cinema designed in the Art Moderne style, is 0.6 miles from the subject site. The popular Hermitage ofBraid and Blackford Hill Local Nature Reserve (an area of natural beauty) is approximately 0.3 miles east of the site.