Architecture Tour of Dean Village from Edinburgh

Itinerary
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Stop At: Stockbridge Market, Saunders Street/Kerr Street Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH3 6TQ Scotland

The walk will start in Stockbridge market, with an introduction of the history of villages around medieval Edinburgh.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: St Bernard's Well, MacKenzie Pl, Edinburgh EH3 6TS, UK

The party will then stroll along the Water of Leith towards St Bernard's Well while trying to spot abundant local wildlife. Here your guide will analyse the origins of Alexander Nasmith's ideas and the embodiment of a Claudian landscape that is the site of St Bernard's Well.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: The Dean Bridge, Queensferry Rd, Edinburgh EH3 7UA, UK

Having acquainted ourselves with the influences of 1750s grand tours, we will approach the overpowering Dean bridge, Thomas Telford's structure to connect Dean Estate to the New Town.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Well Court, Damside, Edinburgh EH4 3BB Scotland

As we navigate the lanes of Dean Village, the group will come upon the red sandstone courtyard of Well Court, previously Victorian Social housing funded by a local philanthropist and the proprietor of the Scotsman Newspaper. 

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Dean Cemetery, 63 Dean Path, Edinburgh EH4 3AT Scotland

On the way to the galleries, your guide will take you through a fashionable 19th century cemetery and familiarise you with a few influential figures buried here. Discovering fragments of Dean House, encased into retaining walls of the cemetery will be a special treat to any curious mind. 

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two (Dean Gallery), 73 Belford Road, Edinburgh EH4 3DS Scotland

Thomas Hamilton's orphanage turned gallery will present a great opportunity to discuss Edinburgh philanthropy traditions as well as discover various stone finishes of Georgian Edinburgh. 


Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh EH4 3DR Scotland

The tour will end with a beautiful example of stark Greek Revival orphanage (now Modern Gallery 1) facing a landform sculpture by Charles Jencks.

Duration: 10 minutes