Whitefoord House

It stands on the north side of the Royal Mile obscured by more modern buildings, under a backdrop of Calton Hill.

[2] The house was previously standing behind the infamous "Jenny Ha's Tavern" on the Canongate.

Sir John lost his Ballochmyle estate in the collapse of the bankers "Douglas, Heron & Company" in 1773 and thereafter lived solely in Whitefoord House.

[3] Professor Dugald Stewart lived here in the late 18th century.

Around 1850 the building was converted into a foundry making typeset for Edinburgh's many printworks, and its rich interior was entirely stripped out.