Edinburgh, St John's Street, Smollett's Lodging

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Tenement (18th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, St John's Street, Smollett's Lodging

Classification Tenement (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 184 Canongate; Smollett's House

Canmore ID 133329

Site Number NT27SE 2820

NGR NT 26317 73730

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/133329

Digital Images

SC 1119708

View of North West corner of St John Street, Edinburgh, with children sitting on the roof. This area was covered in after 1877 and before 1894. This area is now an open courtyard. Also showing Smollett's Lodging (right).

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c. 1900

DP 158625

Detail of blocked window and door in pend to St John Street at 176-182 Canongate, Edinburgh.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

24/7/2013

DP 158627

Detail of carved panel giving details of Tobias George Smollett at Smollett's Lodging, St John Street, Edinburgh, St John Street elevation above pend from Canongate.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

24/7/2013

DP 158624

General view of St John's Close and Smollett's Lodging, 176-182 Canongate and St John Street, Edinburgh, from SE.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

24/7/2013

DP 158628

Detail of armorial panel above St John's Close, at 176-182 Canongate, Edinburgh, on Canongate elevation.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

24/7/2013

DP 158629

General view of 176-182 Canongate, Edinburgh, from NW, showing arched pend to St John Street.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

24/7/2013

DP 158630

General view of 176-182 Canongate, Edinburgh, from NE.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

24/7/2013

SC 556285

Postcard view of St John's Street, 184-186 Canongate, St John's Close and 190 Canongate.

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DP 158626

View looking through pend to St John Street at 176-182 Canongate, Edinburgh, showing blocked door and window from N.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

24/7/2013

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Administrative Areas

Council Edinburgh, City Of
Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
Former Region Lothian
Former District City Of Edinburgh
Former County Midlothian

Architecture Notes

REFERENCE:

National Library:

"Edinburgh" by George Scott Moncrieff (1947) - Plate 38

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