Croft-an-Righ House, Holyrood

Category

Library Item

Item no

14083

Title

Croft-an-Righ House, Holyrood

Description

Two women stand at the top of stone steps leading to an entrance. The building is decorated with two turrets.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1915

Size

21.3 x 15 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Croft an Righ is a 17th century mansion house at the north west corner of the gardens of Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. It was rebuilt after a fire in the late 17th century and may have replaced an earlier house on the site belonging to the Regent Moray. The name means "The field of the King".

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Holyrood

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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