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Muirhouse
Muirhouse is a housing estate in the north of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
The housing estate of Muirhouse (Pennywell and Muirhouse) is bounded by Muirhouse Parkway to the North, Pennywell Road to the East, Ferry Road to the South, and the boundary with Silverknowes to the West.
It is west of Granton (the housing estates of East Pilton and West Pilton), and north-east of Davidsons Mains.
The residential estate of Muirhouse takes its name from Muirhouse (Moore Huse) which appears on early maps of Edinburgh from at least 1610. The name derives from a mansion built on the edge of Wardie Muir (Moor).
In 1794 William Davidson died and left the mansion and estate to his nephew Rev Thomas Randall of St Giles Cathedral, on condition that he assumed the name of Thomas Randall Davidson (which he did). His son William Davidson (1783-1865) inherited the mansion in 1827 when his father died.
A second building, known as Muirhouse Mansion, was designed by R & R Dickson in 1830 and completed in 1832. It was built for the Davidson family, who were wealthy merchants trading in Rotterdam. This second Muirhouse Mansion building remains, and is located north of the current Edinburgh caravan and motorhome campsite, on Marine Parade.
The old Muirhouse was left to slowly collapse, with the last vestiges surviving into the 1960s, and then known as Muirhouse Towers. Two 50 ft (15 m) high towers that were part of the original Muirhouse were still standing at the time work began on the housing development, but these were demolished in 1954 after they became unsafe.
Muirhouse Housing Estate.
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Muirhouse
Muirhouse is a housing estate in the north of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
The housing estate of Muirhouse (Pennywell and Muirhouse) is bounded by Muirhouse Parkway to the North, Pennywell Road to the East, Ferry Road to the South, and the boundary with Silverknowes to the West.
It is west of Granton (the housing estates of East Pilton and West Pilton), and north-east of Davidsons Mains.
The residential estate of Muirhouse takes its name from Muirhouse (Moore Huse) which appears on early maps of Edinburgh from at least 1610. The name derives from a mansion built on the edge of Wardie Muir (Moor).
In 1794 William Davidson died and left the mansion and estate to his nephew Rev Thomas Randall of St Giles Cathedral, on condition that he assumed the name of Thomas Randall Davidson (which he did). His son William Davidson (1783-1865) inherited the mansion in 1827 when his father died.
A second building, known as Muirhouse Mansion, was designed by R & R Dickson in 1830 and completed in 1832. It was built for the Davidson family, who were wealthy merchants trading in Rotterdam. This second Muirhouse Mansion building remains, and is located north of the current Edinburgh caravan and motorhome campsite, on Marine Parade.
The old Muirhouse was left to slowly collapse, with the last vestiges surviving into the 1960s, and then known as Muirhouse Towers. Two 50 ft (15 m) high towers that were part of the original Muirhouse were still standing at the time work began on the housing development, but these were demolished in 1954 after they became unsafe.
Muirhouse Housing Estate.