Gladstone's Land, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

2420

Title

Gladstone's Land, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Description

A view of Gladstone's Land in the Lawnmarket. Tall tenement buildings have shops on the ground level. People look out of open windows on the upper floors. A lamp post stands on the pavement.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1912

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Gladstone's Land is located in the Lawnmarket area of Edinburgh. It is a six-storey, 17th century merchant house in a traditional arcaded stone tenement building. It was built in 1631 by Thomas Gladstone.

Lawnmarket is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from its junction with Johnston Terrace to where it meets George IV Bridge. Regular markets were held in this area until the late 18th century.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°56′56″N, 3°11′35″W)

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