Archaeology Notes

Event ID 714932

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SE 275 257 735

'This tenement stood on what is now the E side of Parliament Square and, though it possessed no features of architectural interest, it was remarkable as being the highest building in Edinburgh. It had seven storeys towards Parliament Close and fifteen towards the Cowgate, where the ground dropped sharply away. It was entirely destroyed by the great fire of 1700.'

RCAHMS 1951.