Edinburgh's Streets and Closes

Tweeddale Court

1980s

Tweeddale Court - Leading to the south from the Royal Mile, almost opposite John Knox House

© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Al Lorentzen, Inverness, Illinois, USA

 

Tweeddale Court

Thank you to Al Lorentzen, now living in Inverness, Illinois, USA for allowing me to reproduce this photo that he took some time in the 1980s.

 

Map

Please click here to find Tweeddale Court on a map of the Royal Mile.

It is No. 69, near the centre of  this map on the left hand side.

 

Tweeddale Court

Tweeddale Court can be found down a short close leading to the south from the Royal Mile, almost opposite John Knox House.

The house at the back of the court is Tweeddale Mansion.  It was built for  the daughter of the first Earl of Lothian.

It later became the Head Office of the British Linen Bank.  From 1817 to 1973, the building was occupied by the publishers Oliver & Boyd.

Historical detail above taken from A Guide to the Royal Mile (Gordon Wright) ISBN 0 903065 88 6

 

 

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