The Grange Loan, looking west

Category

Library Item

Item no

2372

Title

The Grange Loan, looking west from the corner of Causewayside.

Description

The Grange Loan looking from Causewayside, Edinburgh. Houses are on either side of a road with cottages on one side. Street lamps are on the pavement. Rubble is in front of one of the houses.

Artist / maker

Tunny, James Good

Date

1854

Size

19.9 x 25.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image has been chosen for the Edinburgh - Past and Present Exhibition by Mike Pringle MSP - "This is a picture of Grange Loan looking west in the late nineteenth century. Only the two villas on the right still exist, all the other houses and cottages being removed to make way for Victorian houses. How did the photographer manage to avoid having any local people in the picture?" Mike Pringle.

Annotation on page reads;"The Grange Loan, looking west from the corner of Causewayside. The first houses on the right have disappeared their place being taken by tenements. The houses to the west of these still remain" (1916)

J. G. Tunny, Member of the Photographic Society of Scotland. This work exhibited in the first annual exhibition, 1856. Edinburgh.

The Grange is an area in the south of Edinburgh. It lies to the south of Grange Road and to the west of Ratcliffe Terrace. The area served, from the mid 12th century, as agricultural land associated with St Giles Kirk. It was bought in 1631 by William Dick. The area was substantially developed in the mid to late 19th century. Many of the streets built at this time carry names associated with the Dick Lauder family.

Exhibitions with this item

Other views of this item

Related images

Related subjects

Homes > Residential buildings > Cottages

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Grange

Places > Edinburgh areas > Newington

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

Read how our collections have inspired people taking part in events, visits and community groups. Use the slider or navigation arrows to see more responses.