Old travel Blog photograph of a room in Gladstone's Land, a surviving 17th century high-tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The " Land " located at 481 and 483 Lawnmarket, was originally built in 1550, but was bought and redeveloped in 1617 by a prosperous Edinburgh merchant and burgess, Thomas Gledstanes. The work was completed in 1620. Its prominent siting, on the Royal Mile between Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyrood, and the extent of its accommodation mark out the affluence of its mercantile owner. However, not only did Gledstanes reside there, he let out parts of the building to an assortment of tenants of different social classes, another merchant, a minister, a knight, and a guild officer.
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