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0402

General Information

  • Registration number
    0402
  • Date constructed
    1700s-I
  • Century constructed
    1701-1800
  • Evidence proof date
    candlemaker would have needed beeswax
  • Evidence proof use
    candlemaker would have needed beeswax
  • Listed building grade
    C(HS)
  • Condition
    7

Address

  • Address
    Ferrybank
  • Village or town
    Edinburgh
  • County
    Edinburgh, City of
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Midlothian
  • Region
    Scotland

Premises

  • Accessible
    Private
  • Location on Premises
    Garden
  • Direction faced
    N

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    10
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Rectangle
  • Back shape
    Rounded
  • Recess size
    18x24x18
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    c.26
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    N/A
  • Wall material
    Stone
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    1957
  • Pictures available
    B: B/W photo(s)

Notes

  • had locking bars and ?doors; inside at back, flight holes through wall to S; probably built by candlemaker in 1710; demolished 1963
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