Mary King’s Close is an historic street and tenement buildings that were built over when Edinburgh was redeveloped. The buildings had some upper floors removed and the remainder was used as foundations to build the Royal Exchange complex, designed by John Adams around 1760.
Ignored for a very long time, the new building has preserved living spaces, shops and alleyways and provides an insight into 17th century tenement life in Edinburgh. It is now open as a tourist attraction with guided tours.