Tour Scotland video of Old Coates House on ancestry visit to Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish house was built as a small tower house in the early 17th century by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. An early laird's house built in 1615 is a rare survival of the suburban residence of a wealthy burger of this period. Byers purchased the land in 1610 and after this date held office as Baillie and Treasurer of Edinburgh. The initials of his first wife, Mary Barclay, are inscribed along with his own and a blank armorial shield on the datestone in the West elevation. The original 17th century core of the building is a survival of a type of suburban dwelling which would have characterised this area before the expansion Edinburgh's New Town.
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