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St Leonards, the seat of Thomas Nelson, Esq., publisher, in the SE vicinity of Edinburgh, near the south-western base of Arthur's Seat, and 1½ mile SSE of the General Post Office. Surrounded by grounds 12 acres in extent, it is a lofty Scottish Baronial edifice, erected in 1869.70 from designs by Mr John Lessels.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "the seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Midlothian ScoCnty |
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