Grassmarket - Edinburgh
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
Grassmarket - Edinburgh
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Digitally Enhanced Photograph
Description
View to the Grassmarket from the West Bow, Edinburgh.
The Grassmarket was one of fifteen different markets within the city of Edinburgh, formed under the 1477 ordinance of King James III [1460-1488]. Cattle and horses were sold here when the area was acquired by the City in 1663.
In this image, the building above the shops, dates from the 1870's and was known as the
Castle Trades Hotel. It opened here as a lodging house with room for 327 men in the 100 tiny wooden cubicles on each of its three floors.
Each cubicle, 28-square feet in area, contained nothing more than a single bed and a nail on the door where the men could hang their belongings. It was eventually closed in June 1981, more than one hundred years later.
Still retaining original features it has been extensively renovated and is now housing.
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October 3rd, 2020
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