Donaldson's Hospital

Category

Library Item

Item no

6709

Title

Donaldson's Hospital

Description

Donaldson's, a school for the deaf, stands in the middle of playing fields and is recognisable by its Elizabethan architecture and the domed roofs on its many side towers. The playing fields are bordered by a metal fence. To one side is a pathway next to a lamp-post.

Artist / maker

Burns, Archibald

Date

1868

Size

10.3 x 16.8 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Donaldson's College is situated on West Coates, close to Haymarket Station in Edinburgh. It was designed by W. H. Playfair and built between 1841 and 1851 with money bequeathed by the publisher Sir James Donaldson. The school was originally intended for the education of poor children with provision for deaf children as well, but the school focussed exclusively on the latter group from 1938 onwards. Donaldson's College moved to a new, purpose built premises in January 2008. The original building was redeveloped in to flats.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Roofs

Education > Educational facilities > Schools

Places > Edinburgh areas > Murrayfield

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(55°56′47″N, 3°13′32″W)

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