Redevelopment at Craigmillar Castle Gardens

Category

Library Item

Item no

12306

Title

Redevelopment at Craigmillar Castle Gardens for the Corporation of the City of Edinburgh

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1967

Size

19.8 x 15.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Craigmillar Castle Gardens was originally created as part of a council housing scheme in 1938. The area was redeveloped in the 1960s to provide high rise housing. The two blocks, Craigmillar Court and Peffermill Court, contain 114 dwellings in total.

Note below title reads:
'Concrete (Scotland) Ltd. R. White ARIBA ARIAS Falkirk in collaboration with Alexander Steele DA (Edin) City Architect.'

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(55°57′0″N, 3°13′12″W)

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