Candlemaker Row - West Side - Capital Collections

Category

Library Item

Item no

5881

Title

Candlemaker Row - west side, looking north, showing old Mint House

Description

Ramshackle houses line the foot of Candlemaker Row. They have tall chimney pots and outside stairs. A cart sits at the side of the cobbled road. The houses and businesses of the Grassmarket can be seen at the end of the street with Edinburgh Castle looming overhead.

Artist / maker

Inglis, Alexander Adam

Date

1860

Size

20 x 13.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Candlemaker Row runs from the corner of Forrest Road, outside the National Museum of Scotland, down to the Grassmarket. It travels along the east side of Greyfriars Kirkyard.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Carts and wagons

(55°56′51″N, 3°11′35″W)

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