Gayfield Square, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

4376

Title

Gayfield Square, Edinburgh

Description

The view from Gayfield Square along to Gayfield House, Edinburgh. Georgian houses line the cobbled street. A Gayfield Retreads company van can be seen parked at the side of the road.

Artist / maker

Jackman, S. G.

Date

1969

Size

14.4 x 21.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Gayfield Street and Gayfield Square are located close to the south end of Leith Walk in Edinburgh. They were created shortly after 1783 after the feuing of some of the land attached to Gayfield House (built 1764). The Georgian houses of the square are built round a central park.

Leith Walk in Edinburgh is a notably wide street running from the west side of Calton Hill down to Great Junction Street in Leith. It follows the line of a raised pedestrian walkway which ran along the top of an earthen rampart constructed to defend the city against Cromwell's army in 1650. In 1776 this walkway and the road immediately to its west were combined as a single, modern road. This road, along with North Bridge and Leith Street, provided greatly improved access to Leith from Edinburgh.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith Walk

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