St John's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

19580

Title

St John's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh

Description

A stone pathway leads towards a jumble of tenement buildings and houses of varying heights and styles. The path continues through a stone archway beneath the tenements. The houses have small windows, chimney stacks and in the middle is a rounded turret.

Artist / maker

Channing, William

Date

1850

Size

26.1 x 19.3 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 > Courtyards

Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

Architecture > Architectural features > Turrets

Architecture > Architectural features > Walls

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Street lights

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