View of Adam Bothwell's Home from Advocate's Close

Category

Library Item

Item no

6537

Title

View of Adam Bothwell's home from Advocate's Close

Description

Adam Bothwell's House off the High Street, Edinburgh. The unusually shaped tall and narrow building is attached to the tenements behind. It is surrounded by a wall topped with railings.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1912

Size

20.6 x 15.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Annotation on reverse of item reads ' View of Bishop Adam Bothwell's House from Advocate's Close, it stands between Advocate's and Byre's Closes the west wall of the house is the east wall of Byre's Close. The view also shows the massive blocks of chimneys of the tenements in the High Street north side.'

Advocate's Close runs steeply downhill from the High Street in Edinburgh, opposite St Giles Kirk, to Cockburn Street. It takes its name from Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees, Lord Advocate of Scotland between 1692-1709, and 1711-1713, who was resident here. It had also been home to his father Sir James Stewart of Coltness, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Advocate's Close lost its lower section in the construction of Cockburn Street, and its west side was demolished in the 1880's. Despite this it remains one of the prettiest closes in Edinburgh's Old Town.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Railings

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh