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Ravelston Garden is a 1930s Art Deco development of residential buildings, between Craigleith Avenue North and South, in the suburb of Ravelston in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It was designed by Andrew Neil and Robert Hurd , 1935–36, and consists of three white- harled International Style blocks of 4-storey flats.
Colony houses were built as double flats, upper and lower, with the upper flat's front door on the opposite side to the lower flat's front door, allowing each flat to have a front garden. In some areas, many upper Cottage Flat owners have converted their attic space in to additional living accommodation resulting in the property being more ...
Cables Wynd House, better known as the Leith Banana Flats [1] [2] or the Banana Block [3] because of its curved shape, is a nine-storey local authority housing block in Leith, Edinburgh. The building, in fact, has ten storeys. The ground floor is called Cables Wynd and the nine floors above constitute Cables Wynd House.
Ramsay Garden is considered a very desirable address. Despite its position adjacent to the Castle Esplanade and overlooking Princes Street Gardens it is normally very peaceful, particularly in the inner courtyard and upper garden. Some of the apartments are let out as holiday accommodation. [19] It is a minor feature in some guides to Edinburgh.
The management of the gardens is governed by a Local Act of Parliament, the Regent, Royal and Carlton Terrace Gardens, Edinburgh Order Confirmation Act 1970, which received Royal Assent in May 1970, based on the original Contract of Feu of 1836. [8] [6] The gardens are looked after by the Regent Royal and Carlton Terrace Gardens Association. [1]
The Moray Estate in Edinburgh The rear of the Moray Estate overlooking the gardens on the Water of Leith Detail of 1845 OS map showing St Stephens Free church on Wemyss Place. The Moray Estate, also known as the Moray Fey, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the New Town, Edinburgh. Built on an awkward and ...
Cottage flats, also known as four-in-a-block flats, are a style of housing common in Scotland, where there are single floor dwellings at ground level, and similar dwellings on the floor above. All have doors directly to the outside of the building, rather than into a 'close', or common staircase, although some do retain a shared entrance.
The New Town Gardens are a collection of around 30 mostly private gardens and parks within the Edinburgh New Town Conservation Area spread across the New Town and the West End, listed as a heritage designation since March 2001. The gardens comprise a series of 18th and 19th century town gardens, squares and walks, established contemporaneously ...