Morningside School House, Morningside Road

Category

Library Item

Item no

7063

Title

Morningside School House, Morningside Road

Description

The building on Morningside Road, Edinburgh, behind the railings is the old schoolhouse which at the time of this photograph was being used as a church. There is a clock on the slate roof of the building and a cobblestone road in front of it.

Artist / maker

Chrystal, Francis M.

Date

1910

Size

15 x 20.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Morningside is a residential district in the south of Edinburgh. It lies to the south of Bruntsfield and the west of the Grange and Blackford Hill. Old Morningside School opened in 1823 at 140 Morningside Road and operated as a school until the end of the nineteenth century. Locally it was also known as the "Wee School" or the "Cuddy School" due to it's proximity to Cuddy Lane and the fact that a lot of the pupils arrived on horseback. Recently the building has been used the the Old Schoolhouse Christian Fellowship and laterly St Columbas Free Church.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Clocks and clock towers

Education > Educational facilities > Schools

Places > Edinburgh areas > Morningside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Protestant churches

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