Paisley Close, High Street, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

11993

Title

Paisley Close, High Street, Edinburgh

Description

Next to a cafe, an arch with stone carvings of the bust of a woman and decorative flowers, leads away from the High Street and down a narrow alleyway. A sign hangs at the peak of the arch and reads: 'Paisley Close'.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2007

Size

26.4 x 19.7 cm

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Henry Paisley bought the land around the close in 1711. On November 24th, 1861, the adjacent tenement on Bailie Fyfe's close collapsed, killing thrity five people. The image sculpted at the entrance to the close is that of Joseph McIver, a young survivor of the tradgedy, who was pulled to safety after rescuers heard his call of "Heave awa chaps, ah'm no deid yet'.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Arches

Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

Business > Service industry > Shops

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

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