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Latitude: 55.9479 / 55°56'52"N
Longitude: -3.1955 / 3°11'43"W
OS Eastings: 325434
OS Northings: 673402
OS Grid: NT254734
Mapcode National: GBR 8NH.6B
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.WRHP
Plus Code: 9C7RWRX3+4Q
Entry Name: 70, 72 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 70 and 72 Grassmarket
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 367827
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28941
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 70, 72 Grassmarket
ID on this website: 200367827
Late 18th century. 4-storey and attic 6-bay tenement with shop to ground floor; 4-windowed nepus gable with apex stack. Droved ashlar (painted to ground and 1st floors). Modern shop front. Regular fenestration above; projecting cills.
Later 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Corniced end and apex stacks with circular cans.
The long rectangle of Grassmarket was already a suburb and a secondary market place by 1500. After the Battle of Flodden in 1513 the city walls were strengthened and the Grassmarket and Cowgate enclosed by the Flodden Wall. Agricultural produce was sold in the Grassmarket until well into the 20th century; old photographs show upended carts and the bars and hostels associated with the market. It was also a place of public execution.
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