General view of front
B 38821
Description General view of front
Date c. 1950
Collection Papers of George Hay, architect, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number B 38821
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 533222
Scope and Content Former Dean Orphanage, Belford Road, Dean, Edinburgh Dean Orphanage was designed with the utmost precision in Craigleith stone by the architect Thomas Hamilton in 1831-3 for the Orphan Hospital Trustees as their new building on land that once was part of the Dean estate. The building is a single long block of two storeys with a tetrastyle Tuscan portico, above which is the clock from the Netherbow Port in the High Street which was demolished in 1764. On either side are two unusual open-work towers. Inside, a hall leads to corridors on each side, originally for boys and girls respectively, and to twin stair-halls below the towers. The upstairs rooms were originally dormitories. In 1995 the building was converted for use as an art gallery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Accession Number 1991/27
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