Brodie's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

2511

Title

Brodie's Close, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh

Description

Pantiled roofs of buildings in Brodie's Close. A washing dryer juts into view. A spire rises above the tenement buildings.

This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1900

Size

14.9 x 19.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The 'closes' of Edinburgh's Old Town are narrow passages branching off at right angles from the main streets. They provide access to the tenement buildings, and often to small shared courtyards. Many closes also act as shortcuts between Old Town's main streets.

Lawnmarket is the section of Edinburgh's Royal Mile running from its junction with Johnston Terrace to where it meets George IV Bridge. Regular markets were held in this area until the late 18th century.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh