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Barnton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile an t-Sabhail) is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the north-west of the city, between Cramond and Corstorphine Hill and west of Davidsons Mains. Part of the area was traditionally known as " Cramond Muir" in reference to Cramond to the north.
The original name of the group of three blocks was "Comiston Luxury Flats". [1] They boasted outstanding views across Edinburgh, [4] and offered a much better place to live than the slums of the inner city. However, a short while after their completion several problems were drawn into attention such as dampness, and after the 1970s the original ...
The City of Edinburgh Council have undertaken the long term Pennywell and Muirhouse Regeneration Project. [13] Much of the area's low-mid rise housing has been, or is set to be demolished as part of the City Council's plan to provide 1,100 new council houses in some of the city's most deprived estates. [ 14 ]
Davidson's Mains is a former village and now a district in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] It is adjacent to the districts of Barnton, Cramond, Silverknowes, Blackhall and Corbiehill/House O'Hill. It was absorbed into Edinburgh as part of the boundary changes in 1920 and is part of the EH4 postcode area.
The Edinburgh volume of the Buildings of Scotland series describes them as "Less stylish but more serious-minded". [2] Architectural historian Charles McKean describes them as "Jaunty blocks of international style flats on a butterfly plan, complete with roof gardens, canopies, balconies and curving garages. Particularly clever design ...
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.
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type."
Lady Glenorchy persuaded her husband to purchase the estate of Barnton, then up for sale by the Duke of Queensberry, providing her with a home four miles from the centre of Edinburgh. [ 4 ] Particularly after her husband's death in 1771, she devoted herself and her wealth to furthering evangelical causes, becoming an influential figure in ...