West Bow, Lawnmarket

Category

Library Item

Item no

39192

Title

West Bow, Lawnmarket

Artist / maker

Murphy, Bernard

Date

2010

Size

10.2 x 15.1 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Edinburgh's West Bow was a zig-zagging street which led from the Grassmarket to the Lawnmarket. Its upper half was destroyed by the construction of Victoria Street and Terrace. Originally the street was filled with a quirky assortment of 17th-century tenements, with crow-stepped gables, flight-holes for doves, towers and merchants' shops.

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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Architecture > Architectural features > Crow step gables

Business > Service industry > Shops

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

People > Adults > Groups

Places > Edinburgh areas > Lawnmarket

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Churches

Transport > Infrastructure > Cobbled streets

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