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Colinton House
Unknown, 1880, Photograph
Colinton House
Colinton House
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12889
Title
Colinton House
Description
A view across open grassland towards a grand country house in Colinton village, Edinburgh. The house is surrounded by trees and has a porched central doorway with columns on either side.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1880
Size
13.9 x 19 cm
Type
Photograph
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The accompanying descriptive text in the volume begins as follows:
'This mansion, the residence of Major John Moubray Trotter, is situated in the Parish of Colinton, about three miles from Edinburgh. It stands on a rising ground close to the Water of Leith, in a well-wooded park, and commands a fine view to the north and east. The house was built at a considerable expense about the beginning of the present century by the eminent Scottish banker, Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, Bart.'
The full text may be viewed from the volume which is held at the Scottish Library, Central Library, Edinburgh.
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(55°54′42″N, 3°15′20″W)
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