Pleasance from Archway to Pleasance Trust

Category

Library Item

Item no

17153

Title

Pleasance from archway to Pleasance Trust

Description

The view down the narrow Pleasance from the archway leading to the Pleasance Trust, Edinburgh. Tall stone built buildings line both sides of the road with a row of tenements with shops underneath on the left. A sign for the "Little Theatre" hangs on the front of the Pleasance Trust building. An ornate iron lamp post stands by the road as two women make their way up the steep street.

Artist / maker

Malcolm, Adam H

Date

1959

Size

11.7 x 8.7cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image is within the Edinburgh World Heritage area.

This image is taken from the Dumbiedykes Survey that was carried out in 1959 for the Libraries and Museums Committee of Edinburgh Town Council. The survey was to record the buildings of the area before their demolition and reconstruction after 1964.

Dumbiedykes is an area of central Edinburgh bordered by Holyrood Park to the east and Holyrood Road to the north. The area and road take their name from the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb established by Thomas Braidwood around 1764 and closed in 1783 (known as Dummie/Dumbie House). Today the name most often refers specifically to the housing estate in the area which comprises two tower blocks, Lockview Court and Holyrood Court, and other housing.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

People > Adults > Women

Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Culture > Theatres

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

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