Edinburgh, Newcraighall Road, 16 Niddrie Cottages
Miners Cottage (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Newcraighall Road, 16 Niddrie Cottages
Classification Miners Cottage (19th Century)
Canmore ID 253846
Site Number NT37SW 1039
NGR NT 31183 71690
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/253846
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT37SW 1039 31183 71690
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).