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Edinburgh, 97 - 99 High Street

Tenement (18th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 97 - 99 High Street

Classification Tenement (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Paisley Close; 'heave Awa' House'

Canmore ID 52319

Site Number NT27SE 295

NGR NT 26031 73697

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

NT27SE 295 26031 73697

Built by Robert Paterson, 1862, largely refaced 1981. Under the central oriel is a carved portrait head by John Rhind. The inscription 'HEAVE AWA' CHAPS, I'M NO DEAD YET' commemorates the rescue of a boy buried in the collapse of the previous building on the site, of which the six-storeyed rear wing to Paisley's Close survives.

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

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Publication Account (1951)

33. 103 High Street.

This tenement is modern, but the extension to the court behind maybe as old as the 18th century. The extension is six storeys in height and is built of rubble, the voids having back-set margins; the upper floors are entered from a stair within the N.W. corner.

RCAHMS 1951.

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