Edinburgh

[My Kitten]

Great wee story, i was like oh i never saw that then read that its gone

Was thru stockbridge at the weekend - some nice pubs and grub places there - defo need a wee hidden tour!

[Shardonnay]

A wee hidden tour sounds good

[HollowHorn]

West Mill, Dean Village:

The date 1805 on its facade refers to a re-building, for there were mills here much earlier. It has been converted into flats. The built-up circular apertures on the mill once gave ventilation to the grain floors. The mill-lade ran under the building below the main entrance and returned to the river by the two arched recesses on the water frontage.

View of West Mill and Water of Leith Bridge etc, from the east. By Alexander Archer 1837


Undated view of Dean showing West Mill, Dean School, Old Tolbooth, 17 Bell's Brae and Water of Leith.
By H D Wyllie.


9 Randolph Place, Queensferry Rd:

T Duncan Rhind, circa 1900. 2-storey and attic 2-bay gabled town house with shop at ground, predominantly of Elizabethan half-timbered style, with classical and Art Nouveau details. Stugged, squared and snecked cream sandstone with polished ashlar dressings at ground, half-timbered upper floor and gables with red sandstone ashlar dressings, brick stack to north gable.

Now a restuarant:
http://www.list.co.uk/r/www.laptitefolie.co.uk

Water of Leith, Stockbridge:


Danube St. Stockbridge


Danube St, Stockbridge:

Home of the infamous brothel:
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburghssexindustry/Nights-at-citys-blue-Danube.2686533.jp

[Shardonnay]

Cracking post H H . I love the Dean Village and Stockbridge

[Lucky Poet]

Excellent stuff - I'd wondered about that mill. Love the Water of Leith photo too.

Sticking with Stockbridge, here's one of my favourite buildings in Edinburgh, St Stephen's Church at the foot of St Vincent Street, courtesy of William Henry Playfair (who also left us New College, the National Monument on Calton Hill, and both of the gallery buildings on the Mound). Finished in 1828, and looking good for its age:


Much altered inside apparently, but hey.

Undated view of Dean showing West Mill, Dean School, Old Tolbooth, 17 Bell's Brae and Water of Leith.
By H D Wyllie.

Just thinking, it's actually a shame the trees have grown up so much there now, blocking that view.

[My Kitten]

Excellent stuff - I'd wondered about that mill. Love the Water of Leith photo too.

Sticking with Stockbridge, here's one of my favourite buildings in Edinburgh, St Stephen's Church at the foot of St Vincent Street, courtesy of William Henry Playfair (who also left us New College, the National Monument on Calton Hill, and both of the gallery buildings on the Mound). Finished in 1828, and looking good for its age:

Passed that at the weekend, it's very impossing but cracking. (nice wee pub across the road too)

[Fossil]

oooh nice

[invy]

Was thru stockbridge at the weekend - some nice pubs and grub places there - defo need a wee hidden tour!

I'd be up for that! It's a lovely meandering wander round about Stockbridge and the Dean Village, especially if you get a nice day!

Anyhoo, an Edinburgh piccy from me...

[Lucky Poet]

A wose! How womatic.

(Nice selective thingummy. Is that Duddingston Kirk?)

[Lucky Poet]

From the archives...
Picturesque and full up with historicalness and all that (if you ignore those damned cranes):


I missed one photo of my wee bronze goose (R.I.P.) in very, very high water, btw:


Yon church again:

[invy]

A wose! How womatic.

(Nice selective thingummy. Is that Duddingston Kirk?)

This wasn't just any wose, this was a wed, wed wose Many thanks though re the pic, it's appreciated!

It's Corstorphine Old Church, had a few wanders around it on the outside and we got inside that day, it's well worth a visit, the church is huge inside and has great history! I took this pic when we were waiting for the custodian to arrive, I'm sure a quick google search will dig up the access times or gimme a shout (can't do it right now as the mate who knows is stuck on a plane somewhere - jetlag here we come :)

ETA - your Edinburgh pics are lovely - it's easy to forget what surrounds us at times

[My Kitten]

invy you oot on friday? or edinburgering?

[Shardonnay]

Corstorphine Old Parish Church is just up the road from me. Nice pic

[invy]

Thanks Shardonnay! Corstorphine's lovely, often enjoy a couple of hours there.

invy you oot on friday? or edinburgering?

Stuck with family duties - gaaaah...

[jonno22]

Hi all. I was in company of a friend yesterday and we decided to spend the entire day down in the city of Edinburgh. It gave me a chance to capture update photographs of the Edinburgh Trams Project and much more which is explained and linked to below.

Edinburgh Trams Project - Heavy construction work is taking place right the way along Princes Street with tram rail already laid which will be on going process over the next few weeks by the looks of things with lots of road digging also. Photographs with captions and the entire project collection can be found in the link below

Edinburgh Trams Project Photographs
http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/etp
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jonathan-mcgurk/6/663/19a