Raeburn Place

Category

Library Item

Item no

14838

Title

Raeburn Place

Description

The view along Raeburn Place from the corner of Dean Park Street, Stockbridge, Edinburgh. The 142 tram travels towards Deanhaugh Street with several passengers onboard. Shops and tenement houses line the street whilst many people walk along the pavements outside. Trees from the garden of Raeburn House can be seen to the left.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1910

Size

15.5 x 24 cm

Type

Postcard; Reproduction

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Raeburn Place is located in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. It links Deanhaugh Street at its eastern end to Comely Bank at its western end. The road is flanked by a mixture of tenements and villas built the early 19th century. Raeburn Place is named after the portrait artist Sir Henry Raeburn who owned two estates in the area which he feued for development in the 19th century.

Originally a separate village, Stockbridge is now a largely residential area situated a mile north of Edinburgh Castle. The village developed substantially between about 1813, when the famous painter Sir Henry Raeburn began to feu his land in the area for development, and about 1850. Much of this development was conducted by the architect James Milne. With its proximity to the Water of Leith and its interesting and diverse architecture, Stockbridge is considered an attractive and popular place to live, shop and socialise.

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