Infirmary Street baths

Category

Library Item

Item no

11812

Title

Infirmary Street baths and chimney from High School Yards, Edinburgh

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2007

Size

26.4 x 19.7 cm

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Infirmary Street Baths were built in 1885 and designed by Edinburgh City Architect Robert Morham. Many baths were built in Edinburgh at this time to attempt to stop the spread of Cholera. The baths were closed in 1995 and various plans for it's redevelopment were proposed over the next 13 years. In 2006 Malcolm Fraser, the Edinburgh-based architects were commissioned to convert the baths to a new studio for Dovecot Studios, an innovative tapestry company. The building reopened in it's new form in 2008.

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