View of tenement housing at Dumbiedykes

Category

Library Item

Item no

24009

Title

View of tenement housing at Dumbiedykes area of Edinburgh

Description

A photograph of grassy playing fields standing next to rows of apartment blocks. A church stands in the middle of all the buildings.

Artist / maker

Thompson, Dr. Gordon I.

Date

1960

Size

2.3 x 3.5 cm

Type

Slide transparency

Dumbiedykes is an area of central Edinburgh bordered by Holyrood Park to the east and Holyrood Road to the north. Today the name most often refers specifically to the housing estate in the area which comprises two tower blocks, Lockview Court and Holyrood Court, and other housing. The area and road take their name from the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb established by Thomas Braidwood around 1764 and closed in 1783.

Exhibitions with this item

Other views of this item

Related images

Related subjects

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Places > Edinburgh areas > Holyrood

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Sports and recreation facilities > Parks