Moredun Crescent
"Moredun Crescent was a small crescent
on the west side of Crewe Road South, immediately to the west of
Fettes College grounds.
It's within a mile of TP Lugton's
studio at 44 Raeburn Place.
Only six houses were ever built in
Moredun Crescent. From the way they left the wall at the end of
the terrace, they clearly intended to extend the houses further
south, but that never happened.
©
The houses were built in 1873 and used
for staff housing for Fettes College. Initially Nos 5 and 6
were used as an extra Sickhouse.
In 1883, No 6 became Kimmerghame
House, for pupils' accommodation. This is the house that
appears in the TP Lugton postcard, posted in 1906.
Kimmerghame House may have been
requisitioned during WW1. It was reported as re-opening in 1920.
Staff moved out of Moredun Crescent in
1968 to new accommodation built in West Woods in Fettes College
Grounds. The houses in Moredun Crescent were demolished in 1969
when the land was sold to the Western General Hospital
The six houses in Moredun Terrace can
be seen at the bottom of this extract from a
1915 map,
©
The street name is difficult to
read on the map, but Moredun Crescent is the short street situated
between Craigleith Poorhouse (which became the Western General
Hospital) and Fettes College.
