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The Scottish National Gallery on Princes Street in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 8, 2016. Rock House, a historic hillside home dating to the 1750s and re...

The Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 8, 2016. Rock House, a historic hillside home dating to the 1750s and recently restored with...

A busking bagpiper not he Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 8, 2016. Rock House, a historic hillside home dating to the 1750s and recently rest...

The Bank of Scotland's headquarters, center, is on the Royal Mile, a succession of streets in Edinburgh's Old Town stretching between Edinburgh Castle...

Victoria Street, a historic shopping district in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 8, 2016. Rock House, a historic hillside home dating to the 1750s and rece...

Victoria Street, a historic shopping district in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 8, 2016. Rock House, a historic hillside home dating to the 1750s and rece...

Edinburgh Castle looms above the Old Town district of the Scottish capital, Sept. 8, 2016. Rock House, a historic hillside home dating to the 1750s an...

A walkway between Rock House, right, and a 15-year-old annex on the grounds of the historic 1750s home on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town...

The back garden of Rock House, a historic home on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborhood of Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 8, 2016. Rock...

A recently-restored seven-bedroom home built in the 1750s, on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborhood of Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 8...

The dining room of Rock House, a seven-bedroom home built in the 1750s and on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborhood of Edinburgh, S...

An original fireplace in the master bedroom at Rock House, built in the 1750s and on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborhood of Edinb...

A built-in box bed on the third floor of Rock House, a seven-bedroom home built in the 1750s and on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighb...

A sitting room on the ground floor of Rock House, a seven-bedroom home built in the 1750s and on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborh...

An octagonal sitting room on the second floor of an annex building at Rock House, a historic 1750s home on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town...

The cliffs of Salisbury Crags, and Arthur's Seat, a famous hill, seen from the New Town neighborhood of Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 8, 2016. Rock House...

A view of the famous landmarks atop Calton Hill from the back garden of Rock House, a historic 1750s home on the market for $2.4 million in Edinburgh,...

The living room of Rock House, a seven-bedroom home built in the 1750s and on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborhood of Edinburgh, S...

The wrought-iron gate to Rock House, a seven-bedroom home built in the 1750s and now on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborhood of E...

A view from the master bedroom of a third-floor landing at Rock House, built in the 1750s and on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborh...

A small second-floor bedroom at Rock House, a seven-bedroom home built in the 1750s and on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborhood of...

The kitchen of Rock House, a seven-bedroom home built in the 1750s and on the market for $2.4 million in the New Town neighborhood of Edinburgh, Scotl...