Edinburgh, 8, 9, 10 Bristo Place, J Donald & Co., China, Glass And Earthenware Merchants
Shop (19th Century), Tenement (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 8, 9, 10 Bristo Place, J Donald & Co., China, Glass And Earthenware Merchants
Classification Shop (19th Century), Tenement (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bristo Port; Bristo Street
Canmore ID 237927
Site Number NT27SE 5074
NGR NT 25767 73250
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/237927
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 5074 25767 73250
See also NT27SE 5947 (3 and 4 Bristo Port) and NT27SE 5084 (7 Bristo Street)
Formerly 3 Bristo Street the ground floor and basement, part of commercial premises (China merchants) since c.1850. Internally linked to 3 Bristo Port (NT27SE 5947), tenement flats above
Possible site of George Inn (NT25449 73244) shown on a 1784 plan of Edinburgh by Kincaid where stage coaches departed for the south and London.
The front shop of J Donald & Co., Glass and China Merchants, the rear shop is in Bristo Port (NT27SE 5947). The shop also occupies the cellar accessed from the shop. Above are flats accessed from a stair in Bristo Place.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, SG), October 2006
