Reids Close, Canongate, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

19575

Title

Reid's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh

Description

A view of a courtyard surrounded by tenement buildings shows the arched entrance and the street beyond. Stone steps with a wooden banister lead up from the courtyard to an entrance at first floor. There are many small windows at different levels and one has planting in a window box.

Artist / maker

Channing, William

Date

1850

Size

26.2 x 19.1 cm

Type

Wash drawing

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Canongate is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from the junction with Jeffrey Street to a roundabout almost immediately outside Holyrood Palace.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Arches

Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

Architecture > Architectural features > Railings

Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

Architecture > Architectural features > Stairways

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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