Dumbiedykes Road, Rear of Buildings

Category

Library Item

Item no

17163

Title

Dumbiedykes Road, rear of buildings

Description

The wind blows the washing lines about at Dumbiedykes Road, Edinburgh. The buildings lie on a steep hill which slopes down into the distance. The stone built tenements have tall chimney stacks, many of which have metal ladders reaching up to the chimney. A rough stone wall follows the line of the houses down the hill. In the distance the steeple of St Margaret's Church can be seen and part of the Edinburgh skyline.

Artist / maker

Malcolm, Adam H

Date

1959

Size

8.4 x 12.2cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

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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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Furnishings > Equipment > Laundry

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Protestant churches

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