Entrance Gates to East Morningside House

Category

Library Item

Item no

18220

Title

Entrance gates to East Morningside House. Designed, made and erected by John Smith, 1884.

Artist / maker

Smith, John

Date

1927

Size

7.0 x 11.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This is a photograph from the book 'Origin, nomenclature and location of various houses and streets in Edinburgh'.

East Morningside House, the first mansion house to be built in Morningside, was built for the merchant Gavin Baillie in 1726. It was originally a secluded house, standing within grounds that stretched from Whitehouse Loan to Morningside Road.

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