Canaan House - Rev Dr Henry Grieve (d. 1810)
Dr Grieve was minister of the Old Church, Edinburgh at the time he was caricatured by John Kay in 1793. His head is here attached to the ass, being ridden by Robert Dundas, the Lord Advocate. He lived at Canaan House.
The Chapel of St Roque
The ‘Canaan’ site, which the Astley Ainslie occupies, has been associated with public health for at least 600 years. The 15th centruy Chapel of St Roque and its adjacent hospital served victims of Edinburgh’s plagues.