Edinburgh

High Rise Flats

Area

Name

Demolished

Gracemount

Fala Court

Garvald Court

Soutra Court

Oct 25, 2009

Leith Fort

Cairngorm House

Grampian House

Aug 4, 1997

Fort House

Proposed

2012 / 2013

Muirhouse

13 Muirhouse Way

Jun 27, 1988

Niddrie House

Teviotbank House

Tweedmuir House

Sep 9, 1991

Oxgangs

Capelaw Court

Apr 17, 2005

Allermuir Court

Caerketton Court

Nov 26, 2006

Sighthill North

Broomview House

Sep 21, 2008

Glenalmond Court

Hermiston Court

Weir Court

Proposed

2012 / 2013

Update:

Demolished  2011

Wester Hailes

4-6, Hailsland Park

Around Oct 1991

1-7 Westburn Gardens

Around Jan 1993

70-74 Wester Hailes Drive Around Aug 1994

48-50 Wester Hailes Park

Around Oct 1994

Many of the photos on this page are reproduced with acknowledgement to Nel Lawrence, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh.  Neil took these photos as part of his NHC course in building at Napier College, Edinburgh, in 1987.           Acknowledgement:  Neil Lawrence:  Jan 20+28 and Feb 4, 2010

 

Gracemount

Gracemount High Rise  Flats, SE Edinburgh  -  October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

2009

Day before Demolition

Demolished: 2009

Gracemount High Rise  Flats, SE Edinburgh  -  October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

2009

Day before Demolition

Demolished: 2009

Gracemount High Rise  Flats, SE Edinburgh  -  October 24, 2009 - One day before Demolition ©

2009

Day before Demolition

Demolished: 2009

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh  -  Demolition Day October 25, 2009 ©

2009

Demolition Time

Demolished: 2009

Gracemount Flats, SE Edinburgh  -  Demolition, Oct 2009 ©

2009

Demolition

Demolished: 2009

More Photos

Fala Court
Garvald Court
Soutra Court

Gracemount

 

 

Leith Fort

Cairngorm House and Grampian House under construction, 1962 ©

Construction:  1962

Cairngorm House and
 Grampian House

Demolished: 1997

Cairngorm House and Grampian House from Fort House ©

When?

Cairngorm House and
 Grampian House

Demolished: 1997

©

1987

Cairngorm House and
Grampian House

Demolished: 1997

   Fort House, Leith Fort District  -  Photo taken 1987 ©

1987

Fort House

Demolition proposed:  2012 or 2013

Looking down on Fort House from either Cairngorm House or Grampion House ©

When?

Looking down on Fort House

Demolition proposed:
 2012
or 2013

Fort House - built on the site of Leith Fort ©

2009

View from the SW
from Fort Street

Demolition proposed:
 2012
or 2013

Fort House - built on the site of Leith Fort ©

2009

View from the NE
from Lindsay Street

Demolition proposed:
 2012
or 2013

 

Muirhouse

   13 Muirhouse Way, Muirhouse District, Edinburgh  -  Photograph taken 1987 ©

1987

13 Muirhouse Way

Demolished: 1988

Martello Court, Muirhouse ©

2006
Martello Court

Martello Court, Muirhouse ©

2006
Martello Court

 

Niddrie House

   Tweedmuir House, Niddrie House District, Edinburgh  -  Photograph taken 1987 ©

1987

Tweedmuir House

Demolished: 1991

 

Oxgangs

   Caerketton Court, Oxgangs, Edinburgh  -  Photograph taken 1987 ©

1987

Caerketton Court

Demolished: 2006

Oxgangs  -  The day of the demolition of high-rise flats, Allermuir Court and Caerketton Court ©

Demolition:  2006

Allermuir Court and
Caerketton Court

Demolished: 2006

Oxgangs  -  Demolition of high-rise flats, Allermuir Court and Caerketton Court ©

Demolition:  2006

Allermuir Court and
Caerketton Court

Demolished: 2006

More Photos

Allermuir Court and
Caerketton Court

Oxgangs

 

Sighthill North

Broomview House, Sighthill Edinburgh  -  Photograph taken 1987 ©

1987

Broomview House

Demolished: 2006

Hermiston Court, Sighthill North  -  Photogarph taken 1987 ©

1987

Hermiston Court

Demolition proposed:  2012 or 2013

 

Wester Hailes

5 Hailsland Park, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh -  Photograph taken 1987 ©

1987

5 Hailsland Park

Demolished: 1991

1 Westburn Gardens, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh  -  Photograph taken 1987 ©

1987

1 Westburn Gardens

Demolished: 1993

74 Wester Hailes Drive, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh  -  Photograph taken 1987 ©

1987

74 Wester Hailes Drive

Demolished: 1994

 

 

 

 

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