Huntly House Photographic copy of pencil drawing showing 142 - 154 Canongate and Burgh Cross from North East

Description Huntly House Photographic copy of pencil drawing showing 142 - 154 Canongate and Burgh Cross from North East

Date c. 1870

Collection Papers of George Hay, architect, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number B 38542 P

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 426796

Scope and Content 19th-century view of Huntly House from the Canongate Burgh Cross, Canongate, Edinburgh Huntly House, 'erroneously identified as the lodging of George, 6th Earl and 1st Marquis of Huntly' dates from the early 16th century. Its name may come from a later tenant, a Duchess of the Gordons of Huntly who had a flat here in the 18th century. In 1517, there were three small houses side by side. They were united in 1570 when the east house was rebuilt above a vaulted pend and a new frontage built closer to the street. The ground floor is rubble and the corbelled first floor is ashlar. In the 16th century, the Canongate Burgh Cross was not only the focal point for trade but also where public executions and royal proclamations were made. Later, it was used as a pillory where the culprit was chained to the Cross by an iron collar. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Accession Number 1991/27

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