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Edinburgh, 97 West Bow

Shop (18th Century), Tenement (18th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 97 West Bow

Classification Shop (18th Century), Tenement (18th Century)

Canmore ID 258136

Site Number NT27SE 5747

NGR NT 25485 73441

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/258136

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General view from S of West Bow.
General view from S of West Bow.
General view of West Bow, west side and junction with Grassmarket.Elevated view of west side of West Bow, taken from Victoria Terrace.Elevated view of west side of West Bow taken from Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh.Elevated view of west side of West Bow looking down from Victoria Terrace.Elevated view of west side of West Bow taken from Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh.West side of West Bow from Victoria Street.No 95 West Bow, 18th Century shop front; G.G. Linton Antiques, 1729.General view from SE of Nos 96-110 Grassmarket, Nos 95-107 West Bow, and Bow Foot Well.General view of west side of West Bow from south east, also showing part of GrassmarketView of west side of West Bow (Nos 87-107).General view of west side of West Bow showing Nos 87 - 99.General view from SE of Nos 96-110 Grassmarket, and police box, Nos 95-107 West Bow, and Bow Foot Well.

Administrative Areas

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

Architecture Notes

NT27SE 5747 25485 73441

A harled, 4-storey and attic tenement built by Janet McMath in 1729 (date inscribed in pediment of ground floor shop door) incorporating earlier work.

RCAHMS 1951; J Gifford, C McWilliam and D Walker 1984.

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