The claim
The Cramond Inn stands a few yards from the mouth of the Almond, in the old harbour village that Edinburgh grew around. Its northern block is dated about 1670 in the listing, with later wings, crowstepped gables and a thorough recasting in 1959-61. Samuel Smith's of Tadcaster owns it and new managers reopened it in April 2025. No cask beer; food service can finish early.
What the records show
The 1670 date here is the listing's rather than the pub's. Historic Environment Scotland (LB28603, category B, designated on 14 December 1970 and part of the Cramond A group) dates the north block to about 1670 and identifies it in the sketch used for the cover of John Philip Wood's account of the parish of Cramond, published in 1794 — pitch-roofed with its gable to the street, its dormerheads visible and a walled garden behind where the car park is now. That is documented fabric of the claimed age, which is what grade B means. Read in full on 17 September 2026, the record is more precise than this page had been about the rest of the house: the south wing is of about 1887, the crowsteps were probably added with it, Ian Lindsay and Partners recast and converted the whole in 1959-61, and the crowstepped and pantiled extension to the east is dated 1977. The interior was refurbished late in the twentieth century, and a doorway that was once outside, with its stone hoodmould and a window, now stands inside the building. What the register does not do anywhere in its text is say when drink was first served here: it traces the building through Wood's sketch of 1794, Leslie's plan of the Cramond roads of 1812, Wood's map of 1826 and the Ordnance Survey editions of 1895, 1908 and 1951, and none of those is cited for an inn. The house was already 'The Cramond Inn' in its statutory address when it was listed in 1970.
| Year | What | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1670 | Claimed founding | Its listing |
| c.1670 | Present building | Historic Environment Scotland listing LB28603, designated 14 December 1970 |
What to look for inside
- North block dated about 1670 by Historic Environment Scotland
- Appears in the sketch used for John Wood's 1794 account of the parish of Cramond
- Philippa Langley began the Looking for Richard project here in 2009
Visiting
Cramond Inn is in Edinburgh, Scotland, at 30 Cramond Glebe Road, Cramond, Edinburgh EH4 6NU. We do not list opening times, because they change; the pub’s own site is the place to check before you set out.
Sources
- portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB28603
- camra.org.uk/pubs/cramond-inn-edinburgh-151807
- ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1218225
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramond
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