Gladstone's Land, Sign, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
by Yvonne Johnstone
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Gladstone's Land, Sign, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Gladstone's Land is a surviving 17th-century high-tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The "Land" sited in the Lawnmarket area was originally built in 1550, but 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.
The sign above the entrance to the building displays the date 1617 and a gilt-copper hawk with outstretched wings. Although not an original feature, the significance of this is that the name "Gledstanes" is derived from the Scots word "gled" meaning a kite or hawk.
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