Entrance to Milne's Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

2980

Title

Entrance to Milne's Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Description

A group of men and children stand beside the entrance to Milne's Court in the Lawnmarket, a small dog stands on the pavement nearby. Shops are on the ground level of buildings. A woman stands inside a Grocers store beside newspapers displayed for sale in a doorway. Newspaper hoardings and signs are outside the stores.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1903

Size

14.6 x 20.5 cm

Type

Photograph

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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Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

Business > Advertising > Advertisements

Business > Service industry > Shops

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°56′57″N, 3°11′39″W)

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