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Detail of internal face of open window shutter-removed from building
ED 10270
Description Detail of internal face of open window shutter-removed from building
Date 7/5/1976
Catalogue Number ED 10270
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 426632
Scope and Content Window shutter from Moubray House, High Street, Edinburgh Moubray House, originally built in 1477 for Andrew Moubray, a wealthy merchant and burgess of the city, is probably the oldest surviving house in Edinburgh. His shop was on the ground floor. Moubray House has many characteristic 16th-century architectural features including thick rubble walls and tiny windows. The heavy oak shutters opened inwards to let in light and allow ventilation but their main function was protection. In the 16th century Edinburgh burgesses fortified their houses against an English invasion. After the Union of Crowns in 1603, the need for defences was reduced. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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