2008

NT2672 : St Leonard's House, Pollock Halls

taken 18 years ago, near to Edinburgh, Scotland

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St Leonard's House, Pollock Halls
St Leonard's House, Pollock Halls
Built in 1869 for Thomas Nelson, brother of the publisher William, by John Lessels, "fiercest hammer-dressed baronial" (Edinburgh (Buildings of Scotland): John Gifford, Colin McWilliam, David Walker, Penguin, rev 1991). Now part of the Pollock Halls of Residence for the University of Edinburgh, and nicely contrasting with the modern buildings around it.

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Category: Hall of residence
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Edinburgh University [43] · Pollock Halls [36] · Halls University [21] · Part of Edinburgh [19] · Pollock Halls of Residence [14] · Part of the University of Edinburgh [6] Other Photos: · St Leonard's House, Pollock Halls Title Clusters: · St Leonard's House, Pollock Halls [2] ·
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NT2672, 768 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Derek Harper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 17 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 21 August, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 269 725 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:56.3981N 3:10.3102W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 268 725
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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