Edinburgh, 12 Swanston Village
Cottage (18th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 12 Swanston Village
Classification Cottage (18th Century)
Canmore ID 139520
Site Number NT26NW 87
NGR NT 23980 67236
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/139520
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Field Visit (9 May 2014)
NT 23980 67237 18th century cottage, listed as being ‘restored by J Wilson Paterson for Edinburgh Corporation 1959-62’. The owner states that the roof was last thatched approximately eight years ago using a Tay reed. The thatch remains in a good condition, as does the concrete ridge, with only a small patch of mossy vegetation growth near the top of the thatch visible on the front elevation. The thatch is netted below the ridge only, for about a foot in width. The rest of the thatch is left uncovered. Part of a group of thatched cottages of the same period (see surveys 059-060 & 063-064).
Visited by Zoe Herbert (SPAB) 09 May 2014, survey no.061
