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NOTES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES SCOTLANDF O HOUSCOWGATE E TH TH D N EI ,AN WHICN EI E HTH S LIBRARSOCIETIT MUSEUD D YAN YAN M WERE ORIGINALLY ACCOMMODATED CHARLEY B . . BOOSB G WATSON, F.S.A. SCOT.

When making lately some researches connected with family history, interestes wa I fino dt d tha originae tth l buildin whicn gi Museue hth m of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was first housed had been bought from the founder of the Society by my great-great-grandfather; and thinking that others might perhaps be interested in what I may call its cradle, I made some farther investigations into its history. But before I speak of the house itself, let me rapidly run over the early vicissitudes of the Society, particularly in connection with its temporary resting-places. The stor gives yi t lengtna Wmy hb . Smelli David ean d Laine th n gi early volume s e Society,issueth y b d 1 wher y als e seeob e ma e nth portraits of the founder and secretaries. In November 1780 a meeting was called by David Stewart, Earl of Buchan, in his house in St Andrew Square, scarce a stone's throw from meetw wher t no whic a ,e e w mad e h h proposa s ehi foro t lSociet e mth y of Antiquarie Scotlandf so frod an ,m daty whic s existencema eit e hw . Afte e jealousa keerth no t f existinfight yo e du , g societies,a 2 royal charte s obtainewa r 1782n di , whereb reignine yth g monarcs hi declared to be the patron of the Society.

1 Smellie's Account of the Institution and Progress of the. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Part First, 1782; Part Second, 1784. 4to. Wm. Croech, Edinburgh. Part Third (1784-1830), printed in Archceologia Scotica, vol. iii., Appendix, 1831. Anniversary Addres e e SocietStatth th f n eo so f Antiquarie yo f Scotlanso d from 183 o 1860t 1 y Davib , d Laing, Vice-President (1861) n Archceologiai , Scotica* vol , 1890v. . . 2 Smellie's Account, Part Second (1784), pp. 1-32. EARLY HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. 251

The Earl soon realised tha t wouli t necessare db Societe th r yfo o yt have a home of its own, particularly in order to keep safely the mis- cellaneous collectio f antiquitiesno , curiosities d objectan , f naturao s l history which were poured in upon it. He therefore, as president, with James Cummyng, the secretary, surveyed in January 1781 a housCowgate,e th n ei reported an 1 d favourably upo . nit Afte r some bargaining with Colonel Campbell, the owner, the price of £1000 was firse th t d agreemeetinan , hels dto gdwa ther Aprin ei e l 1781th t bu , formal purchase was not completed till November 1784. There are many interesting noticee e earlhousth th f yn i eo s minutee th f o s Society—the giftr instancefo , a pai f f whale'o o r, s jawbones, which uppee th n rgrouno e parth p u werf o t de se behin Museum—the dth e fitting up of the hall where the meetings were held—various repairs— attempts to escape the window tax and other public burdens—iron bars basemene fitteth o dt t windows—consideratio purchase th f no f eo blunderbus largd an s e pistols against housebreakers a contribu d an , - tion to the " Rogue Money Fund "—the sale at 2s. 6d. per stone of the old kitchen grate—the fitting up of a reading-room on the parlour floor, and of a special room for students, of which they took little or no advantage—the presentatio cite th y y magistrateb n e lampf so th r sfo gateways—and proposal r feuinsfo ge ground—until parth f o t , owing eveo t r increasing financial difficulties sole b 1787 n di house o t th ,d , eha e Societth d yan found refug r fivfo ee years (1788-1793 a rente n i ) d flat in Chessel's Buildings, where James Cummyng, the secretary, died. Willia me origina th Smellie, f o e l memberson appointes wa , s hi n di Museue steadth d vanishean ,m w founno yeare o homda th d tw n r si efo Gosford's Close. There Smelli n s succeedeso e wa s died hi d an y , db Alexander, who removed the collection to a house on the Castle hill, which we now seek in vain. In 1814 the state of the funds was so bad tha take tGeorgs 2 flathi a sold4 e wa td b n s i o housan e,t Streetd eha , immediately over that occupie Royae th y dlb Society. 1 Minute Societye th f so , 29th January Apri d Marchd 3r 3r , ld 1781an , . 252 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 13, 1911.

A memento of this " flitting " from the Castle hill may be seen in the West Princes Street Gardens—a large granite stone, too bulky to be removed, e flahavinth t n face o gcrosa t , scu surrounde runia y db c inscription,1 sent originall zealoua y yb s member from Sweden. 182n I Societe 6th y secured room Eoyae th n si l Institution Buildings, wher t remaineei d s forced tiln 184i wa l t 4i , under severe pressure, relieve de devote th onl y yb dmemberso self-sacrifictw r o e o t , on f o e remove again to the top storey of the premises of the Life Assurance Company 4 Georg2 , e Street, wher e Royath e l Societperw no - s i y manently housed. n arrangemenn a 1859I y b , t wit e Governmentth h e Societth , y returned to the Royal Institution, until in 1891 the last move was made presenr ou o t t abode. Such, rapidly given, is the history of the Society in connection with housings it . Now, as has been mentioned, the Earl of Buchan, in order to shelter the Society, with its collection of books and specimens, acquired in 1781 a house, thus describe Daviy db d Laing: 2 situates "Ie wa tth n di Cowgate, betwee e Mea Fishmarked nth ol l e Marketh d tan t Closeo t , Royae e soutth th f ho l Bank entered an , d fro e Cowgate.mth e Th " house stood by itself, with open ground on every side—a matter of great consequenc reducinn ei rise gfirf th k o e (fig. 1) . Kincaid, in his History of Edinburgh (p. 119, 1787), after giving a short account of the youthful Society, adds : " The hall wherein they deposit their antiquities is'in the Cowgate, upon the west side e Fishmarketoth f d showan , o strangert n y Jameb s s Cummyng, their Secretary." It is thus shown in his map of 1783. In Peter Williamson's list of streets, issued in 1783 without any map, he gives the following on the north side of the Cowgate, going eastwards: " The Meal Market, the Kirkheuch Close, entry to the Museum, the

1 Arch. Scot., >vol. ii- p. 490, with an illustration. 2 Arch. Scot., vol. v., part i., pp. 20-21. EARLY HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. 253

Hangman's Close." Thioccupied closew an e s , th no las dup y s i dtb burgh enginee storesr rfo , etc. The groun whicn do house hth e stood belonge beginnine th t da f go the eighteenth century to William Brown,1 burgess (I have not thought it necessary to go farther back, because the house is so clearly of later date) musd an , t have bee nanciene parth f o t t churchyar t Giles'S f do .

Fig . Edgar' 1 Edinburghf . o p sMa , 1765.

In July 1714 Brown resigned the property, in equal division, in favour of his two nephews William Thomson and William Barclay, both wright Edinburghn si . 173y 4Ma Barclan I y dispone hals Thomsondo hi t f , who yearo tw , s later (June 1736), disponed the two laigh houses to William Clark, wigmaker, and in August 1737 he disponed to William A'nderson and 1 Burgh Records, 3rd July 1766. 254 PROCEEDINGS OP THE SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 13, 1911.

Katherine Smit spouss hhi liferentn ei thei o t d r an heir, assigneesd san , the first storey above the two laigh houses, also the top storey or garret. In July 1741 William Anderson and his spouse disponed their property to Alexander Lockhart, advocate. This property was popularly known as the Salamander Land, evidently from its having passed through some great fire, probably that of 1700, which broke out

Fig. 2. E'dgar's Map of Edinburgh, 1743. north-ease inth t corneMeae e th th f lp o ru Marke y madd wa an ts eit Kirkheug giane th o htt housee Parliamenth f so t Close,1 whose backs towered up in " Babels," as they were called, of fifteen stones high. Their successors, which stood e tilconflagratioth l f Novembeo n r 1824, were only eleven stories high. We find a building at the top of the Old Fishmarket Close, facing the High Street, graced with the same name, the " Salamander Land," till it was pulled down

about 1847 to make room for the extension of the police office (fig. 2). R1 . Chambers's Remarkable Fires Edinburghn i (1824) . 15-16pp , . EARLY HISTORE SOCIETTH F P ANTIQUARIESO YO Y 5 25 .

In 174:1 the said Wm. Clark disponed his share of the subjects to the said Alexander Lookhart thuo wh s, became possesso e wholth f eo r united property, which is thus described :1 " The tenement of land lying in the Cowgate of Edinburgh, on the north side of the street, at e Kirkheugh th e foo f th o t , which tenemen f lans commonlo t wa d y called the Salamander, and is surrounded by a wall on the north and east parts, the way or vennel that goes from the Cowgate to the Parliament Close, called also the Kirkheugh, on the west, and the stree f tho te said Cowgat e southth n o e, together wit s mucha f o h the waste or vacant ground at the back of the said tenement as is in proportion to the two laigh houses and dyke thereof." We may note in passing that the name Kirkheugh refers sometimes to the vennel and sometimes to the ground; similarly in the deed for Patrick Heron finphrase e dw ,th e "ruinoua s tenemen arer o t a called Kirkheuge th Babylon.r ho littla s i e t I confusin" t timesa g . Alexander Lockharte ,th purchasef o e propertye th on f o s r wa , ables raisebence s t th lawyer wa 1774o n dtims ht e i h hi ef : , so unde r title Lorth f eo d Covington mentiones i d an , d with high commendation Robery b t Chamber s Traditionshi n si of Edinburgh, s havina g under- take e defence Highlanth nth f o e d Jacobite o werwh es trien i d Carlisle after the " Forty-five," along with his friend Perguson, after- wards Lord Pitfourestimatioe th higo s S hwa . held s whicn i wa ,e hh that Lord Newton, when at the bar, wore Lockhart's old gown till it was in tatters, and at last had a new one made with a fragment of the old neck sewed into it, whereby he could still make it his boast that he wore Covington's gown. Lockhart gathee w s a r, fro e Burgmth h Registers, proceedeo t d demolis ruinoue hth s buildings erecd himselr an , fo t f " larga e lodging or dwelling-house, with stable, coach-house, lofts othed an , r buildings." house Th clearls ei y show Edgar'n f 1743no o p , whersma t bearei s name s buildeth it f eo r (fig. 3). 1 Burgh Records, 3rd July 1760. 256 PROCEEDING E SOCIETYTH F O S , FEBRUAR , 191113 Y .

I have endeavoured to reproduce its appearance and surroundings. In Kincaid's map of 1783, which is practically the same as Edgar's of 1765 house th , markes e i "e Antiquariath s da n Society Hall." The close to the west, which bears no name in the 1647 map by Gordo Rothiemayf no eithen i r Edgar'so f , ro clearls i , Kirkheughe yth . Lockhart's house—the Museum—stoot S de linf th o righe n i t Monan's Wynd, which, by a curious error, is called St Ninian's Wynd in the deed recording the purchase of the property from the Earl of

Fig. 3. Conjectural View of Lockhart's House, 1742.

Buchan by Patrick Heron, who gave to Heron's Court the name which t stili l bears. s glanca u momen e well-know e r maps.t th th fo e Le n t I a t1 n perspective map or plan executed by James Gordon, minister of Rothie- may, in 1647, and engraved more than once, we see the Kirkheugh or Kirkwynd running up northward from the Cowgate to the east greae th en f tdo kirk t Giles'S , , wher t ei make a shars p bend, and, churche passinth f o ease d , greacheth en t Hige sth h Street. A little to the east is St Monan's Wynd, clear from end to end ; still farthe re ope easth ns i t Fishmarket, witentrance hon e fro e Cowmth - gate and two from the High Street. In Edgar's map, half of the 1 Wilson's Memorials, Appendix, ii. EARLY HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OP ANTIQUABIES. 257

Kirkheugh has been swallowed up by the Parliament Close. The north part of St Monan's Wynd appears as Steil's Close, and the southern par s blockei t y Lockhart'b d s hous d groundsan ee Th . Fishmarke bees ha tn much reduce arean d i nort e th , h part built over, and the remainder walled round. Steil's Close was known later as the Royal Bank Close—the New Bank Close—and even the old Bank Close,—this last name being quite misleading e legimitatth , d Banol e k Close being where Melbourne Place no . wThis e " back " r " Hangman'o s Close als s "o 1ha mads eit appearance on Edgar's map. (Hangman's house demolished, June 1911.) The names of these closes vary somewhat as time goes on. The Kirkheugh or Vennel appears in several maps as the Old Post Office Close calleo s , d fro e Posmth t Office, whic situates hwa "n di flooa r in the south side of the Parliament Square, which was fitted up like a lettere th shop d s an ,wer e dealt acros countee sth r like other goods." . LaingB . T , from whose Historical Summary e Postth f o Office n i Scotland quotingm a : " I y Fro sa Parliamen e , mo goet th n so t Square the Post Office was removed to Lord Covington's house ; thence, after

some years Norte housa th o t ,n h eo Bridge. Maitland, in his History of Edinburgh, 2 writes: "a little eastward, e Parliamenth n i t larga Close s ewa , room fulf shopso l , callee dth upper exchange same . th ..en I staircas. kep e stame ear th d t pan linen manufactur e eastwara elittlth d officeso et e Pos An dth .t Office is kept in the highest private building probably upon earth, northere th n part whereo Parliamene th n i f t Clos seves ei n storien si height, and the southern part regarding (i.e. looking towards) the Cowgate is twelve stories high." But, as already hinted, the house which stood here before the conflagration in the year 1700 is said to have been fifteen stories in height.

Chambers's Traditions, vol. ii. p. 189, says " anciently St Monan's Close."

1 2 Maitland's History of Edinburgh (1753), p. 187. VOL. XLV. 17 258 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 13, 1911.

Drummond'n I s Views of Old Edinburgh, t plata e xx., when speaking of the Post Office, he says : " it was first at the Old Post Office Close, eas Craig'f to sParliamen e Closeshoa th n i n p i s , thewa t nti Square; again in a self-contained house behind the courts of law, formerly

Pig Posd . Vie4 . Ol tf w Offico e Close.

occupied by Lockhart of Covington ; then in the corner tenement of North Bridge Street." gathern ca Pose I s th , a t r SOfficofa e must have bee thin i s house between the years 1778 and 1781 (figs. 4 and 5). This Old Post Office Close, the remnant of the Kirkheugh, was the close down which Boswel Johnsod le l 177n ni visio 3 t e Cowgateth t . The entrance fro e Parliamenmth t Close must have been b ystaira , similar to that yet existing at the north end of the Anchor Close. This EAELY HISTORE SOCIETTH F P ANTIQUARIESYO YO . 259

close is shown in the view given in Kincaid's Traveller's Companion through the City of Edinburgh, 1794, where one may see the low wall boundin e propertg th e e westwes d th th par f an tn , yo o tgabl f o e Lockhart's house—th e morsee hous a on vieth e f f wo eo l whicI h have met. In the Ordnance Survey map of 1854 this close is called the Old Meal Markenameo n r doe189f revises e o no , th ha t s p 4Closet n i i dma t bu , it bear any now, either on wall or in Post Office Directory.

Fig . Mea5 . l Market Building 1816n si . Later building hiding " Lockhart's House."

n Wilson'I s Memorials (vol . 208p . i e r )speakh Georg Si f o s e CampbelPs lodging in the Parliament Close, entering by a scale stair fro e Parliamenmth e Kirkheught th Clos d ean . 176y Ma 6 Lockharn I t dispone e wholdth e propert o yColonet l Charles Campbell Ease th f t o ,Indi a Company. In the will of Patrick Heron, subsequent purchaser, we find mention of a new land called Campbell's Land, which Heron purchased in July 1787 from David Milne, and duly bequeathed to his daughters. Whether thi se samith s e Campbel e cannoon l t say t possibl,bu y Colonel Campbel e westh l propertye tbuiln o sidth t f i teo . In July 1784 the said Colonel Charles Campbell of Barbreck, late 260 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 13, 1911.

of Bast India Company, dispone Righe th o dt Hon. David Stewart, Ear f Buchano l , " that tenemen f lano t d e Cowgatlyinth n gi f o e Edinburgh, on the north side of the street, at the foot of the Kirkheugh, which tenement was commonly called the Salamander, and is sur- roundee nort r venneth easd walo a n hy an y to ld b parts lwa e th , that goes from the Cowgate to the Parliament Close on the west, and e saie streeth th df o tCowgat e soutth n ho e parts, withe parth f o t wast vacanr eo t saigroun e bace th d th f ktenemento t d a t whicbu , h tenement being demolished, as said is, there is now erected upon the ground thereof and of another ruinous tenement or area mentioned e aforesaith n i d disposition grantee saith d y b Coloned l Charles Campbell to the said Right Hon. David Stewart, Earl of Buchan, a large lodging or dwelling-house, with coach-house and stables, together with all right, title, etc." As has been already mentioned, the Society occupied the house for some three years before the purchase was actually made. Owing to the pecuniary embarrassments of the Society, the Earl, in whose name the property was acqxdred, was compelled to sell it. It cosd ha t £1000 t onl price bu , beeparyd a th f eha o n tn i paid d an ; 1787 it was sold to Patrick Heron for £765. It was therefore in the possession of the Earl, on behalf of the Society, for about six years. The nam f "o eLockhart' s House " stil le building clunth o t g . Patrick Heronwills hi , n datei , d 1802, describe e subject"s th a t i s s which I acquired from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, then passing under the name of Lockhart's House and courtyard." deee th favou n di n I Patricf o r k Heron, afte formee th r r boundaries have been rehearsed and certain restrictions specified anent limitations of building powers, the following boundaries are given, viz., " which said dwelling-house, coach-house, stabl d otheean r offices d arean a, surroundin boundew samee no g th e followss dar a , e sout, th viz. n ho , by the King's Road or High Street of the Cowgate, upon the west by EARLY HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. 261

saie th d vennel calle e Kirkheughdth , upo soute e nortth nth hy hb wall of the foresaid great tenement now belonging to so-and-so, and lina e (where ther s formerlewa wallya ) drawn fro e easmth t corner e saioth fd sout he sai walth df o lhig he sai lanth d o dt clos e called St Ninian's Close" (error for St Monan's), "and by the said close, Fishmarketd e wesOl th wese te th walth tf e d tene o wallth an ,f o -l men lanf o t d belongin "o gt (nam t given eno ease th ) t n "side.o " A glance at the map and the sketch will show the area, the western northerd an n boundarie f whicso e showhar e ne vieth alsth f wo n o i Old Post Office Close or Kirkheugh, where a paling seems to show the formee linth f eo r wall. Every transfer of the property was duly vouched by staff and baston, with the delivery of earth and stone of the said tenement of land. Patrick Heron, vintner, late of Glasgow, a cousin of Patrick Heron of Heron Kirkcudbrightshiren i , r nineteefo d ha ,n years occupiee dth famous Black Bull Inn, Argyle Street, Glasgow, from whose door the coaches starte Edinburghr dfo . 178y purchasee Ma 7h n I d fro e Ear mth f Bucha o l e propertnth y whose histore tracingar e d addeyw an , d some building mako t s t ei suitable for an inn. For the woodwork he employed the notorious Deacon Brodie, who suffered for his crimes in the following year,1 leavin e drafgth behinn ti balance-sheem dhi t prepare n gaoe i d on l item, viz., " omitted to charge the work newly done for Mr Herron (sic) Cowgate, which will amoun abouo t t £40." Patrick Heron used the premises for the " British Inn " for about year n houses thee te hi h f n s; Shakespearo n sretirei e on o dt e Square, but returned to Campbell's Land, and died there in 1803, aged 74. He and his wife are buried at the north end of Greyfriars churchyard. r tavero Thn ementionein s n i meeting-place th s da Wagerine th f eo g Clu 1787.n bi 2

1 Boughead's Tried of Deacon Brodie, p. 158. 2 Old Edinburgh Club Book, ii. p. 154. 262 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 13, 1911.

occupied s 180n I wa 8t i Posshowe s a ,th ty nOfficb e Directory,y 1b George Eamsa Coy.y& , printers. Robert Chambers 2 speak f theiso r still being there, in his Traditions, published in 1825, after the great fire. . He says: " In the alley, formerly called Steil's Close, but now the Royal Bank Close, there is a house occupied by Mr Moir as his printing office ; near to this, and having a front to the Cowgate, is a large self- containe de printin houseth w no ,g offic f Messro e s George Ramsay& Coy. This was the family mansion of Lord Covington. . . . By him it was sold to Mr (sic) Campbell . . . after whom it was occupied by Mr Heron, from Glasgow, as an inn." (He omits all reference to the Society's .occupation.) "It is worthy of remark," he continues, tenemen" w thalo a t t frontin Cowgatee gth , immediately before this house containingooo w tw dno , r shopso e gon , whicconsiderabla y hpa e rentformerls wa , e coach-housyth f Loro e d Covington faca , t which shows . . . what little value our ancestors put upon property fronting a populous stree d thoroughfaran t appreciateo s w no e d takean d n advantag y proprietors."b f o e ' Thes (1911w e no shop )e ar filles d with second-hand clothes, rags, rabbit skins, and such like; the cour uses marke ta i clothes d s da ol r metald tfo ol , booksd ol ,othe d an , r articles, nearl s anciena y d quit an s tmiscellaneou a e e earlth s ya s specimens housed at first in the old Museum. Lockhart's House e Posth ,f to unnamed p ma s e showi ,th n i n Office Directorie yeare th r s sfo 182 1829d 6an whicn ,i e effecthth f o s e greath t shownfire ar e burnee engineer' th s th alsf a ,o n oi d p sma house areaTh e. evidentl t sufferno d .y di Unfortunatel Direce yth - f 183inaccurato o s worse torp 1s b i yma o t e s thaea n uselesst i d an , appears year after year till 1859, even afte e Ordnancth r e Surved yha removed all excuse. From this map no help can be got as to the fate of the house. In a map, however, dated 1832, by Laing and Forbes, the alterations due to new building after the fire are shown—the house has

1 Also Kincaid' 1817f o p . sma 2 'Traditions, vol. 225p . .i . EARLY HISTORE SOCIETTH P F ANTIQUARIESYO YO . 263

disappeared and the site of theOldFishmarket is built over, what was the Union Bank, and is now the Commissary OfB.ce, having taken its place. The later changes are shown in the Ordnance Survey maps of 1854 and 1895. The old court, the remnant of the yard of the inn, is divided from the open ground behind the law courts by a wall and gate recently erected—-more effective, perhaps, with their barbed wire defences than

Fishmarked . Ol Cowgate6 e . fooe th f Kg th o tt ta , Close. (Fro . W.F . ,m J 1823. )

e morth e picturesque ones standing thirty years ago, e whenth y b , special permission of the owner of the court, the gate was opened to admi e e Directormealth th t e Citf o sth f Glasgo yo f o s w Banko wh , during their trial were lodged in the now unused cells below the courts. judgen ca presene I th ,s a r S otfa Fishmarke d wesOl te walth f o l t Close must be the old east wall of the Fishmarket, and this is borne somy b t e ou views among r DaniethosSi n i e l Wilson's scrapbooks> in the Society's library, and the engravings of the ruins caused by the great fire of 1824 (figs. 6 and 7). 264 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, FEBRUARY 13, 1911.

It may be mentioned that when the South Bridge was built, the Poultry Market, which stood where Hunte transs wa r , Squar-is w eno Fishmarketd Ol e ferre tima th r shows o e i dt fo Brow n t i i : o nd s nan Watson' f 1793o p .sma The site of the old Museum is now Government property; but Heron's Court southere th , npropertye parth f o t stils i , l owne ay db descendan f Patricko t Heron.

Fig. 7. Ruins after Great Fire, 1824, showing roof andcupola of Lookhart's House.

e originaNOTth n Eo le Museu Halth f o l m from drawing (pla d elevanan - tions) by John Young, builder, approved at meeting of Society August 23, 1781, preserved in Earl of Buchan's portfolio in the Library of the Society. Dimensions, 36 feet 9 inches by 16 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 6 inches high ; six seats 8 feet 3 inches long, accommodating, say, thirty persons ; sixteen seats in present library 8 feet 9 inches long, say eighty persons. Note.—I learn fro Wmr mM . HayJ . , John Knox House, tha "e Generath t l ruine Vieth f wso afte firee th rtakes "i n fro rooe "f mth o Lockhart'f s House," drawn by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe. The original drawing was sold at the sale of his books, etc. The circular roof-light, or cupola, is a feature of mid- eighteenth-century architecture. Had I known of this in time, I would have shown it in my sketches of the house—which must have been pulled down about 183ascertainet ye havI 0 t ; eno exace dth t date.