Whitefoord House, Veterans residence mansion on Canongate, Edinburgh, Great Britain.
The three-story white-harled building features a Roman-Doric porch and stands on the north side of Edinburgh's Royal Mile beneath Calton Hill.
Lord Darnley spent the night at the previous building, Lord Seton's Lodging, before his wedding to Mary, Queen of Scots at Holyrood Palace in 1565.
Sir John Whitefoord, an early patron of poet Robert Burns, commissioned architect Robert Mylne to design this mansion as his townhouse in 1769.
The residence contains 82 en-suite single rooms and 11 self-contained flats, equipped with a residents lounge, games room, bowling green, gym, and gardens.
Lady Haig established Scotland's first Poppy Factory at this location in 1926, where veterans manufactured remembrance poppies for distribution across the country.
Location: City of Edinburgh
GPS coordinates: 55.95253,-3.17643
Latest update: March 7, 2025 05:56
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