Tweeddale Close, Edinburgh

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I've used 3 pics as i wanted to show what a close looks like. There are loads of these on the Royal Mile. Some of the names really conjure up what it must have been like hundreds of years ago. Fishmarket Close and Fleshmarket close being two of them.

Tweedale Court was built in 1576, the building was modernised by Robert Adam and two Doric columns were added in 1799. Later it became the head office of the British Linen Bank, where in 1806 a bank messenger named William Begbie was murdered and robbed of £4392, some of the money was recovered but the the murderer was never caught. In one corner of the court is a low stone shed with a sloping roof and slatted wooden doors, this is believed to be the last surviving sedan-chair store left in Edinburgh, a reminder of a once highly fashionable form of transport. In 1817 the publishing firm of Oliver & Boyd took over the premises. Remaining there until 1973. Today Tweeddale Court is the editorial home of The List magazine.

Here endeth your history lesson for today!