Thursday 30 April 2009

Carruber's Close



Looking up Carruber's Close towards the High Street

Church

I'm not sure of its name (it is the Barclay Free Church on an old map I have), but it is on Leven Street in Edinburgh, near Bruntsfield Links.

Tron Square

Tron Square, which lies on the slope between the High Street and the Cowgate.

Holyrood Palace

Holyrood Palace, the Queen's official residence in Edinburgh, as seen from New Calton Cemetery.

Grayfriar's Kirkyard









Just off Candlemaker Row in Edinburgh is Grayfriar's Kirkyard, probably Edinburgh's oldest graveyard. The burial ground precedes the church, was came later. Inside the ground there is part of the 15th century Flodden Wall.

Tuesday 28 April 2009

Telfer Wall


The Telfer Wall, here at The Vennel, was an extension to the city's Flodden Wall. It was built to surround George Heriot's, which at the time was a hospital.

Reservoir

This low building, near the esplanade on Edinburgh Castle, was once a reservoir, serving most of the buildings in the Old Town.

Infirmary Street

Looking up Infirmary Street towards South Bridge and the University. Where the buildings are on the left was once Edinburgh Infirmary, hence the street's name. An image can be seen here.

Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament as seen from New Calton Cemetery. In the background is Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags.

Sunday 26 April 2009

Milne's Court


Milne's (or Mylne's) Court was built in 1690 to help make some space in the crowded tenements on the Lawnmarket on the Royal Mile. The alley above looks down onto Bank Street (at the top of the Mound) and in the distance can be seen the Scottish National Gallery, Princes Street, George Street and Fife. The building to the left is Assembly Hall.

Canongate Church

The front of the 17th century Canongate Church on the Royal Mile.

Enter!

This gate in Rutland Square was once the entrance to Princes Street railway station before Dr Beeching got his way and scrubbed it off the British railway network.

Canongate Tolbooth


The Canongate Tollbooth near the foot of The Royal Mile.

Tuesday 21 April 2009

Then and Now




Looking up what was Chapel Street. All demolished for Edinburgh University.

Monday 20 April 2009

From Here to There


Views to and from the former Royal High School on Regent Road at Calton Hill and the Canongate Church on the Royal Mile

Sunday 19 April 2009

Regent Bridge

The Regents Bridge (part of Waterloo Place), built around 1819 so people in the New Town could have access to Calton Hill, overlooks Calton Road. It is another of Edinburgh's virtually enclosed bridges/viaducts.

Tuesday 14 April 2009

Flodden Wall


The path of the wall leads up to a small street called Bristo Port, which was where one of the ports (entrances) was at this part of town.

Monday 13 April 2009

Then and Now











The first photograph looks down Old Fishmarket Close towards the Argyle Brewery in the Cowgate. In the background further up can be seen the roof of the Royal Museum in Chambers Street. The colour photograph is the same scene today.

Sunday 12 April 2009

Then and Now


A factory in Potterrow which became Edinburgh's mosque. The building behind it dates from the 17th century.

Saturday 11 April 2009

Then and Now


The former St Francis of Assisi Church in Bristo, which shows the many buildings demolished around Bristo and Potterrow in the 1960s by Edinburgh University.

Tuesday 7 April 2009

Melbourne Place




The gradual construction of the new office block at Melbourne Place, on the corner of the Lawnmarket and George IV Bridge.

Thursday 2 April 2009

Leith Street

Leith Street, with the Balmoral Hotel in the background.