Edinburgh, 42 Candlemaker Row
Meeting Hall (18th Century), Tenement (18th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 42 Candlemaker Row
Classification Meeting Hall (18th Century), Tenement (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Candlemakers' Hall
Canmore ID 117884
Site Number NT27SE 1431
NGR NT 25671 73305
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/117884
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 1431
Candlemaker Hall -fine four-storeyed block with two square stair towers projecting to the street. Over the door of one is a defaced panel containing a shield and the date 1722. This house was reconstructed by the City in 1929.
REFERENCE: CITY ARCHITECTS' PLAN STORE
Various plans.
No. 36, built by James Watson in 1722, contains the former hall of the Incorporation of Candlemakers. Restored in 1929 by E J MacRae, together with the adjoining Nos. 40-42, originally two 17th-century tenements (Henry's Land and Binny of Nisbet's Land) bought by the Candlemakers in 1733-4 and altered by them soon after.
W F Gray 1930; RCAHMS 1951; J Gifford, C McWilliam and D Walker 1984.
