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View of front elevation
B 18431
Description View of front elevation
Date c. 1910
Catalogue Number B 18431
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 460286
Scope and Content The former New Corn Exchange, Grassmarket, Edinburgh The Grassmarket, entered from the east by the Cowgate, forms a great rectangular space beneath the south cliffs on the Castle Rock. From 1477 to 1911, it had a weekly market, and was, until the middle of the 19th century, the site of public executions. The New Corn Exchange, designed in 1849 by David Cousin in an Italianate style, stood on the south side of the Grassmarket. It had a handsome three-storeyed front, and a campanile tower which bore a large clock. The building was fitted with desks and stalls for the purpose of mercantile transactions, and was frequently used, on account of its great size and internal space, for public festivals, including a 'great Crimean banquet' in 1856. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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