James Stothert of Cargen

Town house

Cargen Lodge

Edinburgh (Midlothian (Edinburgh))

Built 30th Nov -0001

Description

James Stothert reportedly built a town house on Castle Street Edinburgh at a cost of £1000 in the 1780s or 1790s. This might or might not be the same house as Cargen Lodge, known to have been the Stothert's family house in Edinburgh.

Notes

Frances Wilkins, 'Houses that slavery built', Black History 365 Vol. 2 Issue 1 Summer 2008


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