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Restoration Work At MacKenzie Cottage, Colinton Village, 3 March 1997

1997
Restoration Work At MacKenzie Cottage, Colinton Village, 3 March 1997
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Henry MacKenzie (b.25/8/1745 – d.14/01/1831) author and friend of Walter Scott and Robert Burns, spent many happy summers here.

The cottage was restored and officially opened by Malcolm Rifkind on 3 March 1997.

Donor number: 0161-001

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Location:
Colinton Village
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1990s 1997 architecture building chimney pot chimney stack Colinton Village colour conservation cottage Edinburgh heritage History house joinery ladder literature men outdoor plank railing restoration Robert Burns roof slate slater THELMA tree Walter Scott wood work working writer
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