Hidden away through a dark forbidding tunnel under the Regent Bridge built in 1814, at one of the entrances to Waverley Station, in a building that was previously a notorious nightclub, the Ingleby Gallery moved into its new space here in Calton Road in 2008 after refurbishment by Helen Lucas Architects to create a series of light flexible gallery spaces over three floors to support a variety of art exhibitions which make use of the large windows to provide natural light, retain the cast iron columns to provide historic character and are connected by a dramatic new oak staircase with recessed handrails running the full height of the gallery.   Doors in the gallery are full height to allow the clean lines of the walls to run through from space to space and blinds to the windows are discrete so that they are not disruptive to the clean lines of the spaces when not in use.

Founded in 1998, the Gallery runs an impressive programme of exhibitions including both established and new emerging artists and is a geographical counterpoint to the Fruitmarket Gallery at the other side of Waverley Station and the Collective at the top of Calton Hill who will move into their new spaces in late 2017.

Currently there are exhibitions by two Scottish artists.  Jonny Lyons records events in his photographic sequences “Dream Easy” which capture moments in time where the use of objects which include a saw, a bazooka, stilts and garden chairs of different heights, displayed here as museum objects, have caused unexpected results while Andrew Cranson also records events through his series “Paintings from a Room” with memories, often painted onto book covers, which are shadowy and blurred, inviting viewers to add their own interpretation to the stories behind the paintings.