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Edinburgh, High Street, Parliament Square

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Tenement (17th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, High Street, Parliament Square

Classification Tenement (17th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Parliament Close

Canmore ID 52296

Site Number NT27SE 275

NGR NT 25732 73543

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52296

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Aerial view of centre of Edinburgh including Princes Street at top of photograph, Waverley Bridge to right, Parliament Square, High Court of Justiciary to bottom and Castlehill to left
Aerial view of centre of Edinburgh including Princes Street at top of photograph, Waverley Bridge to right, Parliament Square, High Court of Justiciary to bottom and Castlehill to leftAerial view of centre of Edinburgh including Royal Scottish Academy and National Gallery of Scotland at top of photograph, Castlehill to left, Grassmarket to bottom and Parliament Square to rightOblique aerial view of centre of Edinburgh including Princes Street at top of photograph, Waverley Bridge to right, Parliament Square, High Court of Justiciary to bottom and Castlehill to leftAerial view of centre of Edinburgh including Castle Esplanade in foreground looking down High Street towards Holyrood Palace, with The Mound and National Gallery of Scotland on left of photograph and Old College and Chambers Street to rightAerial view of centre of Edinburgh including The Mound, Bank of Scotland on right of photograph, Waverley Station at top, North Bridge to right and Parliament Square, High Court at bottomOblique aerial view of centre of Edinburgh including The Mound, Bank of Scotland on right of photograph, Waverley Station at top, North Bridge to right and Parliament Square, High Court at bottomEdinburgh, High Street, Parliament Square, NT27SE 275, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NT27SE 275 257 735

'This tenement stood on what is now the E side of Parliament Square and, though it possessed no features of architectural interest, it was remarkable as being the highest building in Edinburgh. It had seven storeys towards Parliament Close and fifteen towards the Cowgate, where the ground dropped sharply away. It was entirely destroyed by the great fire of 1700.'

RCAHMS 1951.

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Publication Account (1951)

RCAHMS County Inventory: The City of Edinburgh

82. A high building in Parliament Close.

This tenement stood on what is now the E. side of Parliament Square and, though it possessed no features of architectural interest, it was remarkable as being the highest building in Edinburgh. It had seven storeys towards Parliament Close and fifteen towards the Cowgate, where the ground dropped sharply away. It was entirely destroyed by the great fire of 1700.

RCAHMS 1951

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