Basic Site Details
| Name: | McLeod Street Council Housing |
| Town, district or village: | Tynecastle |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | First new council housing in Edinburgh. Two blocks of four-storey tenements. One now demolished. Originally contained 32 small flats with communal facilities. Later combined into larger units. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| McLeod Street | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1898 | Completion | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Robert Morham | 1896 | ||||
| Edinburgh Burgh Engineers Office/Edinburgh City Engineer's Department | A | 1896 | |||
| John H Cooper | A | 1896 | With Cooper as Burgh Engineer | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Johnson, Jim and Rosenburg, Lou | 2010 | Renewing Old Edinburgh: the Enduring Legacy of Patrick Geddes | Glendaruel: Argyll Publishing | pp104-105 | |