Gladstoneās Land, Edinburgh, Photo, Building, History, Merchant House
Gladstoneās Land Edinburgh : Royal Mile Building
Historic Building on the Lawnmarket, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland
post updated 29 November 2023
Location: top end of Royal Mile, north side
Address: 477b Lawnmarket, Old Town, central Edinburgh
Gladstoneās Land
Gladstoneās Land on the Royal Mile
Contact:
Telephone: +44 (0)131 226 5856
E-mail: information(at)nts.org.uk
Restored six-storey, 17th century merchant house in a traditional arcaded stone tenement building.
Gladstoneās Land is a surviving 17th-century high-tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland, and is operated as a popular tourist attraction.
The āLandā (sited at 481 and 483 Lawnmarket) was originally built in 1550. The property was bought and redeveloped in 1617 by a prosperous Edinburgh merchant and burgess, Thomas Gledstanes, and his wife, Bessie Cunningham.
The work was completed in 1620. Its prominent siting on the Royal Mile (between Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyrood) and the extent of its accommodation mark out the affluence of its mercantile owner.
Today, the restored building allows an insight into varieties of Edinburgh life of the period. The cramped conditions of the Old Town, and the physical size of the lot, meant that the house could only be extended in depth or in height. As a result, the house is six storeys tall.
Not far from Gladstones Land, up the Royal Mile is Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Old Town Buildings
Contemporary Scottish Capital Property Designs ā recent architectural selection below:
Buildings adjacent include Edinburgh Castle and The Witchery Hotel
photo Ā© Adrian Welch
Glasgow School of Art
photo Ā© Adrian Welch
Lothian Historic Buildings
Historic Scottish Buildings close to the capital
Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street
McEwan Hall
Architect: Sir Robert Rowand Anderson
Scott Monument
Historic Glasgow Buildings
Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street
Glasgow School of Art
Custom House Building Renewal
Glasgow Custom House Development
Trades Hall
photo Ā© Adrian Welch
Britannia Music Hall
photo Ā© Adrian Welch
Hill House, Helensburgh, northwest of the city
Hill House
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