4426 x 5525 px | 37,5 x 46,8 cm | 14,8 x 18,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
26. April 2004
Ort:
The colonies, Stockbridge, Edinburgh
Weitere Informationen:
The Stockbridge Colonies are 11 parallel streets built by the Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company from 1861 with the aim of providing low cost housing for working people. They are named for the so called colony style of housing which described the division of houses into flats with ground floor flats on one side of the row and first floor flats having access stairs on the other side. Both sides of the rows are provided with small gardens. The streets were named after those who founded the Company including geologist and writer Hugh Miller 1802-56. The scheme was promoted at the time by the Rev James Begg who described the enterprise in his essay Happy Homes for Working Men. The end gables are decorated with cartouches of trade symbols. Now much in demand as compact residences for the professional classes of Edinburgh.
