Entrance to Milne's Court

Category

Library Item

Item no

21450

Title

Entrance to Milne's Court

Description

Shops border the entrance to Milne's Court on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh. The Court Curio Shop is decorated with thistle emblems and a sword and shield. The Wee Scotland Shop has tartan and various other Scottish themed textiles outside. The road is cobbled and to get to the pavement from the road there are three steps.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2010

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Milne's Court was built in 1690 by the royally appointed Master Mason Robert Mylne. Tall tenement buildings surrounded a central courtyard, set back from the Lawnmarket down a narrow alley. The building on the west side of the courtyard was demolished in the late 19th century, but the original tenements on the north and south sides remain. The eastern side was sympathetically reconstructed in the 1960's. The buildings are currently used as halls of residence by the University of Edinburgh.

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