Block, Ground, First and Third Floor Plans and Elevations (Copy of EDD/128/1-3)
SC 426597
Description Block, Ground, First and Third Floor Plans and Elevations (Copy of EDD/128/1-3)
Catalogue Number SC 426597
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 78159 P
Scope and Content 19th-century plan of ground floor of Bailie John McMorran's House, Riddle's Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh Bailie McMorran's house was built in the late 16th century for Bailie John McMorran, a wealthy merchant and city magistrate. It is an example of 'the gentlemen's mansions' 'obscurely found' in the closes off the Lawnmarket. The house, three-storeyed with a turret staircase, was built round an inner courtyard that could be closed at night. It was entered through a pend from an outer courtyard, Riddle's Court. Bailie John McMorran, a wealthy city magistrate, was shot dead by a schoolboy while trying to restore order at the Royal High School riot in 1595. The boys had been denied a week's holiday. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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