Milne's Court, north entrance, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

3012

Title

Milne's Court, north entrance, Edinburgh

Description

Through an arch a small boy sits on stone steps looking towards the entrance of a tenement building which has a lamp by the door. There is a metal handrail along the passage wall and a gutter in the floor.

Artist / maker

Wyllie, H. D.

Date

1953

Size

13.5 x 10.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Milne's Court was built in 1690 by the royally appointed Master Mason Robert Mylne. Tall tenement buildings surrounded a central courtyard, set back from the Lawnmarket down a narrow alley. The building on the west side of the courtyard was demolished in the late 19th century, but the original tenements on the north and south sides remain. The eastern side was sympathetically reconstructed in the 1960's. The buildings are currently used as halls of residence by the University of Edinburgh.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh