White Horse Inn - foot of Canongate

Category

Library Item

Item no

19614

Title

White Horse Inn - foot of Canongate

Description

A collection of stone houses surround a courtyard in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The building complex is of different heights and has dormer windows, tiled roofs and several chimney stacks. There are a number of doorways at ground level as well as stone steps up to a first floor entrance.

Artist / maker

Channing, William

Date

1850

Size

17.0 x 24.8 cm

Type

Wash drawing

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

White Horse Close is located just off the Canongate close to Holyroodhouse. There is no evidence of the White Horse Inn ever having served as an Inn, although it does seem to have been built for this purpose. The Close may derive its name from having been the site of the palace stables. It may even be a specific reference to one of Mary Queen of Scot's horses. The date of the building's construction is unclear, as at least two different dates have been displayed on the window-head at various times.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Architecture > Architectural features > Doors and doorways

Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

Architecture > Architectural features > Stairways

Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Places > Edinburgh areas > Canongate

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Edinburgh areas > Royal Mile

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Eating and drinking facilities > Inns

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