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Photographs of Falcon Hall, Edinburgh

551 159/2

Description Photographs of Falcon Hall, Edinburgh

Date c. 1889

Collection Records of the Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number 551 159/2

Category All Other

Scope and Content Eleven mounted photographs of the villa, Falcon Hall, and its grounds, Morningside, Edinburgh c. 1889.

Archive History Presented in 1985 by the Merchants Company of Edinburgh (Acc No 1985/4). Previously catalogued as Collection 677.

Access Conditions Open, but note that access may be subject to conservation requirements. Please contact the archive to confirm access in advance of a visit.

Administrative History Falcon Hall, eighteenth and nineteenth century villa. Built in 1780 for the hosiery manufacturer and future Lord Provost of Edinburgh, William Coulter, and then named Morningside Lodge, the villa was extended by the architect Thomas Hamilton for the East India Company merchant Andrew Falconar. The villa was demolished in 1909.

Accruals No accruals are expected.

Accession Number 1985/4

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2047869

Collection Hierarchy - Group Level

Collection Level (551 159) Records of the Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

> Group Level (551 159/2) Photographs of Falcon Hall, Edinburgh

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2652878 Falcon Hall. View from South West. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2652879 Falcon Hall. View from North West. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2652880 Falcon Hall. View of grounds and hall. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2652881 Falcon Hall. View of grounds and hall. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2652882 Falcon Hall. View from West. Demolished 1909, facade rebuilt in Duncan Street as the facade to Bartholomews, cartographers. c. 1889 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2652883 Falcon Hall. View from South East. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2652884 Falcon Hall. View from West. Demolished 1909, facade rebuilt in Duncan Street as the facade to Bartholomews, cartographers. c. 1889 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2652885 Falcon Hall. View from West. Demolished 1909, facade rebuilt in Duncan Street as the facade to Bartholomews, cartographers. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7928 Falcon Hall. View of gates. Hall demolished 1909, the gates were rebuilt as the entrance to the Royal Scottish Zoological Society, Corstorphine Road. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7927 Falcon Hall. View from South West. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7929 Falcon Hall. View from drive. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7930 Falcon Hall. View from North West. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7931 Falcon Hall. View of grounds and hall. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7932 Falcon Hall. View of grounds and hall. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7933 Falcon Hall. View from West. Demolished 1909, facade rebuilt in Duncan Street as the facade to Bartholomews, cartographers. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7934 Falcon Hall. View from South East. Demolished 1909. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7935 Falcon Hall. View from West. Demolished 1909, facade rebuilt in Duncan Street as the facade to Bartholomews, cartographers. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7936 Falcon Hall. View from West. Demolished 1909, facade rebuilt in Duncan Street as the facade to Bartholomews, cartographers. c. 1889 Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images A 7937 Falcon Hall. View from West. Demolished 1909, facade rebuilt in Duncan Street as the facade to Bartholomews, cartographers. c. 1889 Item Level

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