Borthwick's Close and Fringe Shop

Category

Library Item

Item no

11984

Title

Borthwick's Close and Fringe Shop, High Street, Edinburgh

Description

A blue shop front, with large signs in the window and wooden figures painted in bright colours stands next to a stone arch leading to a dark close on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2007

Size

26.4 x 19.7 cm

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Borthwick's Close dates back to 1450 and is known to have housed the reisdence of Lord Borthwick and Lord Merchiston. First reference to the close is in Town Council Minutes from 1514.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Arches

Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Flats

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland