Old Photograph Whitehouse Loan Edinburgh Scotland


Old photograph of people walking on Whitehouse Loan in Edinburgh, Scotland. Gillis Centre, formerly Gillis College on Whitehouse Loan was originally founded as St Margaret's Convent and School, it is a complex of buildings situated close to the city centre. The history of the site can be traced back to the 15th century. The original building housed many literary figures of the eighteenth century, from 1834 it served as a convent and from 1986 to 1993 it was Gillis College, the seminary for the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. It currently provides offices for the Curia of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.



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