Renwick (?) Cottage, Rosebury

Category

Library Item

Item no

29024

Title

Renwick (?) Cottage, Rosebury

Description

This image shows a small white cottage with chimneys at its gable ends and building additions to the rear. It is surrounded by a fence and has a vegetable patch to its left. A small track runs by its fencing and the property is skirted by a line of trees to the back.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1879

Size

11.2 cm x 15.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Rosebury reservoir is a small body of water which stands near Gorebridge in Midlothian. Opened in 1880, it is a compensation reservoir which collects surface water from the Moorfoot Hills. It is mostly used today for pleasure fishing and is the habitat of rainbow trout, pike and perch.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

Homes > Residential buildings > Cottages

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Fences

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Gardens

Landscape > Water > Reservoirs

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Plants > Trees > Trees

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