View of ruin
SC 533221
Description View of ruin
Date 1975
Collection Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Catalogue Number SC 533221
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 54973
Scope and Content Remains of windmill at the former John Watson's School (now the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art), Belford Road, Dean, Edinburgh John Watson's School was built as a school 'for the maintenance and education of destitute children' and opened in 1828. The architect was William Burn who designed The Edinburgh Academy, a much less costly building, at almost the same time. The windmill consisted of a rectangular block, now demolished, with a circular tower at its east end. The tower, which has been repaired, is built of rubble, with thick walls, and contains a small window. The north-west boundary of the school property sits on a high bank above the Water of Leith, and incorporates this ruin of a windmill which dates from the early 18th century. It was described as 'old' in 1759, but probably is not earlier than 1700. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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