Entrance to Ramsay Garden

Category

Library Item

Item no

7175

Title

Entrance to Ramsay Garden

Description

People walk past houses in Ramsay Gardens, Edinburgh. Stairs with potted plants on them lead to doorways. A cobblestone road is in front of the buildings. In the foreground are more stairs which have metal railings.

Artist / maker

Ansell, Andrew J L

Date

2007

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Ramsay Garden stands immediately to the north of the entrance to the Castle Esplanade. The complex incorporates the home of Alan Ramsay, known as Ramsay Lodge or the 'Goose Pie', designed and built by the poet around 1740. The additional buildings were designed by S. Henbest Capper and Sidney Mitchell and built between 1892-93. They included a block of flats for Professor Patrick Geddes and mixed accommodation for Edinburgh University students and non-student residents of the city.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Stairways

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

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