The tenement is thought to be the original mansion of the Ramsays of Dalhousie (the "Lairds of Cockpen"), turned into small flats in the 18th century.
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The house became the Scots College (College Des Ecossais).
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It was purchased and refurbished by Patrick Geddes in 1892, who transformed it into a "place of outlook and a type-museum as a key to a better understanding of Edinburgh and its region, but also to help people get a clear idea of its relation to the world at large".
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