Dumbiedykes Road

Category

Library Item

Item no

17164

Title

Dumbiedykes Road

Description

An image of the rather rundown buildings of Dumbiedykes Road, Edinburgh. A partially covered yard with wide gates sits in between a row of tenement buildings. The houses may be derelict as the ground floors are all boarded up. Across the road a patch of waste ground stands behind wooden hoarding. The buildings that stood on this site have been knocked down. The roof's of two cars can just be made out over the wooden fence.

Artist / maker

Malcolm, Adam H

Date

1959

Size

8.5 x 12.1cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This image is taken from the Dumbiedykes Survey that was carried out in 1959 for the Libraries and Museums Committee of Edinburgh Town Council. The survey was to record the buildings of the area before their demolition and reconstruction after 1964.

Dumbiedykes is an area of central Edinburgh bordered by Holyrood Park to the east and Holyrood Road to the north. 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 (known as Dummie/Dumbie House). 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.

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Homes > Derelict buildings and excavation sites > Disrepair (homes)

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Manufacturing Industry > Manufacturing facilities > Yards (Industrial)

Places > Edinburgh areas > Southside

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Land > Cars

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