Low Calton

Category

Library Item

Item no

9953

Title

Low Calton from the S. W. [south west] extremity of the arch of Reg [Regent] Bridge

Description

A road cuts between houses in Low Calton, Edinburgh. Tenement buildings are set back from the road behind a wall, others on the road side are in a state of disrepair. Barrels stand at either side of the door of a small dwelling where smoke rises from a chimney.

Artist / maker

Somerville, Daniel

Date

1818

Size

16.7 x 23 cm

Type

Pencil work

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Low Calton area of Edinburgh was situated in the ravine between Princes Street and Calton Hill, now spanned by Regent Bridge. 'Low Calton' referred specifically to the western half of the road passing through the ravine, this side being part of Edinburgh whilst the eastern side was in the Barony of Calton. This part of the city is now largely non-residential, and is occupied by the east section of Calton Road.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Architecture > Architectural features > Stairways

Homes > Derelict buildings and excavation sites > Disrepair (homes)

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Landscape > Land > Waste ground

Places > Edinburgh areas > Calton

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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