Swanston Cottage, View over Hedge

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

19754

Title

p. 56b, Swanston cottage, view over hedge

Description

A view from low level towards a large country house near Fairmilehead in Edinburgh. The house has large curved bay windows on the right and the central doorway is open. There is a bench and chair in the garden in front of the house.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1889

Size

11.5 x 15.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Writers' Museum

Robert Louis Stevenson's family rented Swanston Cottage as a holiday retreat between 1867 and 1880. The village of Swanston grew up around Swanston Farm and originally consisted of ten thatched cottages. These included Swanston Cottage which was built in 1761. The thatched cottages were renovated in the 1960s and the site has further been developed to include a range of leisure facilities.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Fairmilehead

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Plants > Trees > Trees

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