Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
Architecture Notes
Event ID 781075
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Architecture Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/781075
Now demolished.
Depicted on the coloured 1st Edition of the OS 1:1056 scale map (Edinburgh and its Environs, 1854, sheet 35)
REFERENCE:
Source: Dean of Guild
Bundle 1811 8.5.1811
Pet. Thomas Mair, writer.
Argyle Square.
House recently purchased. Minor improvements.
Plan and elevation encl. - gable end. Unsigned.
Source: Dean of Guild
Bundle 1812. July - December 8.10.1812
Pet. Robert Gray, merchant.
Argyle Square.
Improvements already made - now wishes to extend these on lower floor, to gable also.
Elevation of gable enclosed. Signature erased.
