Measured front elevation of to Canongate, and transverse section A-A. Insc: 'HUNTLY HOUSE CANONGATE EDINBURGH NO.7'. 1":8'
EDD 37/7 P
Description Measured front elevation of to Canongate, and transverse section A-A. Insc: 'HUNTLY HOUSE CANONGATE EDINBURGH NO.7'. 1":8'
Date c. 1924
Catalogue Number EDD 37/7 P
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of EDD 37/7
Copies SC 436922
Scope and Content Drawing of front elevation of Huntly House, 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. Huntly House is Edinburgh's principal city museum. It was saved from a ruinous state by the City Council in 1924, and after restoration opened as a museum in 1932. It contains a large collection illustrating many different aspects of the city's history. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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