Edinburgh, Castlehill, High Street, Skinner's Close
Tenement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Castlehill, High Street, Skinner's Close
Classification Tenement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 113195
Site Number NT27SE 737
NGR NT 25436 73525
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113195
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Now replaced by 549 Castlehill-Camera Obscura. Sign above small doorway halfway along Castlehill elevation indicates site of this old Close.
Skinners Close is shown on Ainslie 1780 and named in the "Stent Roll" 1635, which lists not only Patrik Grahme, skinner, and his partner Thos Somervell amongst the resident owners, but also the "Skinners Brethrein" or Incorporation of Skinners as owners of a "laich house" or basement, endowed as a school, and also a "convening house" in an upper flat. (from Stuart Harris, "Place Names of Edinburgh", 1996, page 567)
