Edinburgh, Newcraighall Road, 9 Niddrie Cottages
Miners Cottage (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Newcraighall Road, 9 Niddrie Cottages
Classification Miners Cottage (20th Century)
Canmore ID 121482
Site Number NT37SW 223
NGR NT 31118 71674
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/121482
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT37SW 223 31118 71674
Edinburgh, Newcraighall Road, Niddrie Cottages
Built prior to World War One (probably c.1912), these houses comprise a row of five one-and-a-half-storeyed blocks, four of which are semi-detached cottages. They are built from yellow (fire-clay rich) brick, and associated with the local collieries of the Niddrie and Benhar Coal Company (Niddrie and Newcraighall Pits, the latter operating from 1898 to 1968). The fifth (east-most) block is longer than the others, comprising four dwellings in a small terrace. All the cottages have gabled slate roofs and dormers.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO) 3 July 1996
Collection item D2349 showing detail of typical slate roof, chimney stack and fireclay cans has been linked to each of the semi detached cottages, 9-16 Niddrie Cottages, although it probably shows 13 or 15 (AC 27 January 2004).
