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Edinburgh, Niddrie, Niddrie Marischal, Niddrie House Drive
Point Block(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Niddrie, Niddrie Marischal, Niddrie House Drive
Classification Point Block(S) (20th Century)
Canmore ID 299921
Site Number NT37SW 1182
NGR NT 30090 71382
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/299921
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT37SW 1182 30090 71382
Commission And Contract (1968)
A development of two fifteen-storey point blocks built as public housing by Edinburgh Borough Council. The blocks were constructed using the Bison industrialised building system. They contain 114 dwellings in total. Construction was approved by committee in 1968. The contractor for the development was Hart Bros.
Glendinning and Methusius 1994
Complete Demolition (1968)
Both fifteen-storey blocks are now demolished. The date of demolition is unknown. It is not known whether the blocks were demolished at the same time.
