Queensberry House
Queensberry House is a 17th-century Category A listed building in the Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, incorporated into the Scottish Parliament complex. It contains the office of the Presiding Officer, two Deputy Presiding Officers, the Parliament's Chief Executive, and other staff.
The mansion house was built in c. 1667 for Dame Margaret Douglas of Balmakellie, and bought by William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry in c. 1689. The current structure was likely re-modelled as a Georgian home in the 18th Century.
The most famous resident is probably James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry who was influential behind the Treaty of Union in 1707.
From 1803 to 1996 the building was used as a hospital.
Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novel Set in Darkness, first published in 2000 is partly set in Queensberry House during the reconstruction for the new parliament building.
Ghost
The building is famously said to be haunted by the kitchen boy roasted and eaten by James Douglas, the mad Earl of Drumlanrig, in 1707.
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Through Obstruction
by: KonspiracyWords broken over my head
Empty stare obstructing my insides
Crucification burn down their beliefs
In tyranny, through irony
Mental fiction bloodshed lullaby
Cast amongst the prisoners in chains
I'm a slave to your divinity
It's blinding, redesigning
You said you'd spend a lifetime
Just to regain my trust
Can't believe I fell for that too
Just like I always do
Leaving me dead (on)
The (inside)
You think it makes things better again
(From) the (inside)
It was fatal attraction
You made me think something was there
But nothing was there
Nothing was there, nothing was there
Through obstruction
Words broken over my head
Empty stare obstructing my insides
Crucification burn down their beliefs
In tyranny, through irony
Mental fiction bloodshed lullaby
Cast amongst the prisoners in chains
I'm a slave to your divinity
It's blinding, redesigning
You said you'd spend a lifetime
Just to regain my trust
Can't believe I fell for that too
Just like I always do
Leaving me dead (on)
The (inside)
You think it makes things better again
(From) the (inside)
It was fatal attraction
You made me think something was there
But nothing was there
Nothing was there, nothing was there
Through obstruction
Through Obstruction
Through Obstruction
Through Obstruction
Through Obstruction
You made me think something was there
But nothing was there
Nothing was there, nothing was there
Through obstruction
Empty stare obstructing my inside