Milne's Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

3004

Title

Milne's Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Description

Barefooted children and women stand in Milne's Court in the Lawnmarket. The Tolbooth Mission Hall is in the background. Sheets are draped over a metal fence. People look out of tenement building windows. Window boxes are in some of the windows whilst drying washing hangs from others.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1910

Size

20.6 x 14.5 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 > Courtyards

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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