The Governor's House, Edinburgh Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

2076

Title

The Governor's House, Edinburgh Castle

Description

The Governor's House in Edinburgh Castle. A large building with many windows and a covered entrance. Outside the house are soldiers carrying rifles. Off to one side beside a wheelbarrow is a pile of barrels.

Artist / maker

Storer, H. S.

Engraver

Storer, J. & H.

Date

1819

Size

9.1 x 11.5 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Governor's House was built in 1742 as a residence for the Castle Governor. The post was abolished in 1860, and the building used as nurses' quarters for the castle hospital. It is now used principally as an officers' mess, and is not open to the public.

Edinburgh Castle is perhaps the city's most famous landmark. It stands on top of the remaining core of an extinct volcano. Excavations suggest the site was inhabited by Bronze Age man as early as 900 BC, and was fortified by Iron Age man roughly 2000 years ago. The oldest part of the present day Castle is St Margaret's Chapel, built in the early 12th century. The Castle holds the Honours of Scotland and more recently has welcomed back the Stone of Scone otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny.

Find out more about visiting Edinburgh Castle at Historic Environment Scotland.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

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