Craigcrook Castle

Category

Library Item

Item no

12890

Title

Craigcrook Castle

Description

Craigcrook Castle stands covered in ivy within gardens near Blackhall, Edinburgh. The castle has turrets, crow stepped gables and a set of stone stairs lead up to the studded entrance door.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1880

Size

13.9 x 19 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The accompanying descriptive text in the volume begins as follows:
'This mansion is a baronial structure of considerable antiquity, and was probably built early in the sixteenth century. It is situated in a hollow at the foot of Corstorphine Hill, which here makes a turn or crook to the eastward, whence the name is derived. With the wood-covered hill behind, it has a very striking appearance. The policy extends to forty acres, and from the rising ground behind the house the view of Edinburgh is almost unequalled.'
The full text may be viewed from the volume which is held at the Scottish Library, Central Library, Edinburgh.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Places > Edinburgh areas > Blackhall

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°57′18″N, 3°15′55″W)

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