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Edinburgh, 46a Dick Place, The Lane House

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House (20th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 46a Dick Place, The Lane House

Classification House (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) House For William Kininmonth; Kininmonth House

Canmore ID 128431

Site Number NT27SE 2531

NGR NT 25762 71687

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128431

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  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Architecture Notes

NT27SE 2531 25762 71687

ARCHITECT: William Kininmonth and Basil Spence, 1933.

NMRS Print Room

Inglis Photograph Collection

Acc No 1994/90

2 exterior views of garden front

Kininmonth's own home, exemplifying a 1930s preoccupation with visual contrast between rectangle and cylinder. Originally whitewashed brick, now white-harled. Open plan interior, featuring continuously glazed semi-circular bow. Timber windows. Possibly influenced by Sven Markelius.

J Gifford C E McWilliam D Walker 1984; Thirties Society Journal 1984

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