A Loanhead care home has finally closed its doors to the elderly.
Mayburn House staff and residents
The last 23 reside
nts of Mayburn House have moved to a new Midlothian Council care facility, Newbyres Village, in Gorebridge.
To mark the closure, staff and residents held an old fashioned tea following by a fish and chip night.
The current residents are aged from 76 years.
The eldest is 98-year-old Mrs Liz Turnbull from Penicuik.
ApprehensiveOf the home's demise, Mayburn House manager Rhona Gardiner said: "It is sad.
"It is quite depressing.
"The residents have been quite apprehensive because none of the staff are going with them."
The home in Hawthorn Gardens, owned by CrossReach, part of the Church of Scotland, has most recently provided temporary accommodation for the elderly to free up hospital beds.
The home has cared for 78 residents over the past five years.
Community thanksSome of the 20 members of staff will be returning to NHS Lothian while others will transfer to other CrossReach care homes in Edinburgh.
Mrs Gardiner is to take up a position as manager at The Elms, Morningside.
Mrs Gardiner said she would like to thank all the staff, the local community and parish church for their support and wished all the residents well in their new home.
Mayburn House, which was original called Hawthorn House, was built more than 100 years ago.
In the late 19th century it operated as "The Edinburgh Girls' Reformatory and House of Refuge for Female Delinquents", changing the name to Dalry House.
No firm plansIt was bought by the Church of Scotland in 1924 and used initially as a girls' home.
It became an eventide home for the elderly in the 1930s, under the title Loanhead Eventide Home.
The name Mayburn House was adopted in the 1950s.
The building was considerably extended and renovated in the 1960s.
The home's future remains uncertain.
A Church of Scotland spokesman said: "There are no firm plans as to what is going to happen to the Mayburn House building at the moment."
