Candlemakers Hall, Candlemaker Row
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Candlemakers Hall, Candlemaker Row
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 21 Dec 2009
An early 18thC tenement built with coursed rubble, incorporating the guildhall of the chandlers, which appears on Edgar's 1742 map of Edinburgh. It stood outside the city boundary in what was considered a safe location for a hazardous craft. The frontage has been either rebuilt or refaced when the block was restored in 1929. The rear forms part of the eastern boundary of Greyfriars Kirkyard. The building was recently used to prepare meals for the homeless and destitute in this part of Edinburgh and is now up for sale. Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.947054
Longitude
-3.191907