Entrance to Stockbridge Market

Category

Library Item

Item no

12726

Title

St Stephens Place, Edinburgh, showing entrance to Stockbridge Market

Description

The gateway entrance to the old Stockbridge Market in Edinburgh has two pillars on either side and across the top the name of the market is carved into a stone lintel. A small lane leads through the gateway, while in front there are tenement flats either side.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2007

Size

Copy for sale

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Stockbridge Market was active between 1823 and 1906.

Originally a separate village, Stockbridge is now a largely residential area situated a mile north of Edinburgh Castle. The village developed substantially between about 1813, when the famous painter Sir Henry Raeburn began to feu his land in the area for development, and about 1850. Much of this development was conducted by the architect James Milne. With its proximity to the Water of Leith and its interesting and diverse architecture, Stockbridge is considered an attractive and popular place to live, shop and socialise.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Gates

Business > Service industry > Markets

Places > Edinburgh areas > Stockbridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°57′28″N, 3°12′25″W)

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