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Old Photograph 25 George Square Edinburgh Scotland
Old photograph of the house at 25 George Square in Edinburgh, Scotland. When Sir Walter Scott joined his family in their spacious new home at 25 George Square. George Square was a new residential development built by James Brown outside the old city walls. It catered for the professional classes who were beginning to abandon the cramped streets of the Old Town for the airier accommodation. Scott's father, who had now risen to sole head of his firm, was one of the first to have a house built there. His neighbours were a distinguished set, including the Countess of Sutherland, Lord Braxfield, the Justice Clerk of the Court, and Henry Dundas, the future Lord Melville. This was to remain Scott's home until his marriage in 1797. From here he attended Edinburgh High School and then Edinburgh University, finally qualifying as an Advocate in 1792. 25 George Square is currently the seat of the Dominican Priory of St. Albert the Great, the Catholic Chaplaincy to Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art.
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