Brougham Place - Looking North from the Melville Drive

Category

Library Item

Item no

5698

Title

Brougham Place - looking north from the Melville Drive

Description

A cobblestone road with tramlines running along it passes between two stone pillars which are crowned by unicorn statues. The road continues through tenement buildings on Brougham Place. Shops at street level have canopies shading their windows.
This is a photograph by a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.

Artist / maker

Berry, R.

Date

1914

Size

6.7 x 9.5 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Tollcross is an area in the south-west of central Edinburgh. It centres around the crossroads of Brougham Street, Home Street, Earl Grey
Street and Lauriston Place and West Tollcross.

Edinburgh Photographic Society survey of Edinburgh City and District - Ward XIV - George Square.

The word cobble has been used here to help with searching, an alternative term is sett. Sett stones describe both the type of stone and the method in which they are used.

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Animals > Mythical > Unicorns

Architecture > Monuments > Statues

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Tollcross

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Roads

Transport > Infrastructure > Tramlines

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