65 Cumberland Street Detail of scraper
SC 539834
Description 65 Cumberland Street Detail of scraper
Catalogue Number SC 539834
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 4121
Scope and Content Bootscraper, No 65 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh Cumberland Street, at the foot of the hill running down from Queen Street Gardens, was built 1824-8 to provide housing of lesser quality than its southern counterpart, Northumberland Street, for the lower middle and better-off artisan classes. This horseshoe-shaped bootscraper, at the foot of the stone steps leading from the pavement to the front door of No 65, was used by visitors to clean the mud and dirt off their boots before entering the house. The street names for the northern New Town celebrated the nation and its sovereign, King George III. Cumberland Street was named after a younger brother of the Prince of Wales, a general who was created Duke of Cumberland in 1795. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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