Lauriston Place, George Heriot's Hospital

Category

Library Item

Item no

6046

Title

Lauriston Place, George Heriot's Hospital, north side: entrance to council room

Description

There are boot scrapers on either side of the entrance door.

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

Artist / maker

Gibb, Andrew A.

Date

1913

Size

12 x 9.6 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

George Heriot was a famous and wealthy Edinburgh goldsmith and moneylender. When he died in 1624 he left a considerable sum of money to establish a school for the poor and parentless in Edinburgh. Construction of George Heriot's Hospital began in 1628 but was not finished until 1650. It was almost immediately appropriated by Cromwell for use as a military hospital. It resumed its role as a school and home for orphans in 1659. It later came to be known as George Heriot's School, and now operates as an independent mixed school.

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