http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Fountainbridge brewery canal site to get revamp" en Thu, 21 May 2026 09:48:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-322414 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:35:22 +0000 chrisfl 322414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In via email; I think related to this thread:</p> <p><blockquote>Hi there<br /> About 4 years ago there was interest in the whereabouts of the culveted Lochrin Burn at Fountainbridge. Do you know of any local historians who are following the new excavations to E and W in case traces can be found?<br /> Thanks much<br /> Sarah<br /> </blockquote></p> <p>Anyone have an inside track, I did notice that Gilmore Park was closed, and a big hole was dug, presumably this is in preparation for the next phase of Fountainbridge development. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242843 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:12:08 +0000 chdot 242843@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Back to OT -</p> <p>"</p> <p>RESIDENTS living near Edinburgh’s Sick Kids Hospital are planning to launch a potential community buy-out of the site. </p> <p>They say they want to ensure that when the hospital moves out next year, the use of the land includes healthcare provision, quality affordable housing and infrastructure for community enterprise.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/health/edinburgh-s-sick-kids-community-buy-out-on-cards-1-4366894" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/health/edinburgh-s-sick-kids-community-buy-out-on-cards-1-4366894</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242731 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:08:02 +0000 I were right about that saddle 242731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, those magnesium atoms, coming over 'ere with their latent heat, taking our chlorine atoms. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242728 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:02:22 +0000 gembo 242728@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>See also magnesium and latent heat. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242727 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:48:43 +0000 I were right about that saddle 242727@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>road space in front of SK being de-cared</em></p> <p>I had to read that three times. Thought someone was going to stop caring for the road.</p> <p><em>Joseph Black identified carbon dioxide</em></p> <p>I spent many happy years in the Joseph Black Building. He was born in Bordeaux, so CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; is technically an EU plot. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242725 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:36:00 +0000 gembo 242725@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah sorry ChDot, should have said not entirely off topic compared to my regular posts.</p> <p>Frenchy, yeah, scientist , clever but no time machine like Rick and morty.</p> <p>Queen Anne followed her sister's man King Billy, but that was end of the Stuart's. 1714 Her second cuz, George I came in pretty early in 18th century so joe black's house most def Georgian</p> <p>Sick kids going in 2018 for sure they have just resisted moving for more than a decade.</p> <p>Quartermile 2 or Qurtermile and The Pit? (Quatermass) inevitable? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242718 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:43:38 +0000 chdot 242718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Still OT</p> <p>"If sick kids does go to little France might be a fair bit of building in that street?"</p> <p>SK <em>is</em> moving.</p> <p>Lots of bids in for developing buildings, so lots of building work but unlikely to be many new/extra ones(?).</p> <p>Sciennes Primary is determined to get road shut so that they can get a bigger playground (maintaining walk/cycle transit).</p> <p><em>Slight</em> possibility of some of the road space in front of SK being de-cared too.</p> <p>If only the SK Meadows Appartments luxury development could be carfree... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242711 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:08:35 +0000 Frenchy 242711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>But did not live in the house until after it was built</em></p> <p>Even for such an eminent scientist, I don't think we should hold this against him. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242707 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:47:41 +0000 gembo 242707@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot, sorry perhaps I should have said</p> <p>NOt completely off topic. Old bits of Edinburgh such as was being spoken of a bit further upstream at the fountain bridge</p> <p>CB, set slightly at an angle to the tenements on both sides so not totally hemmed in. Worth a neb, will check the spec, I am guessing price was a bit beyond my means.</p> <p>All rooms painted white does slightly suggest dingy but the photos look bright enough. Liked the fire places - said four bedrooms but maybe the fourth was in the studio?</p> <p>If sick kids does go to little France might be a fair bit of building in that street? </p> <p>Enclosed garden has big wrought iron gate to keep out drunk students. Also is Georgian Joe Black was born 1728 But did not live in the house until after it was built, lived in by the provost who would not give BPC the keys of Edinburgh etc?. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242705 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:28:25 +0000 cb 242705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very interesting Gembo.</p> <p>You can have a neb inside too thanks to this, now expired, property schedule:</p> <p><a href="http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-15989307.html">http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-15989307.html</a></p> <p>I suspect it must feel a bit hemmed in by the tenements although the garden photo manages to avoid that sensation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242704 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:57:51 +0000 chdot 242704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<strong>Slightly</strong> off topic"<strong>(?)</strong></p> <p>"Joseph Black identified carbon dioxide"</p> <p>So, connection to brewery? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242702 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:51:38 +0000 neddie 242702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The house opposite with the double garages was for sale recently. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242700 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:21:02 +0000 gembo 242700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Slightly off topic</p> <p>I found Joseph Black's house at 13 Sylvan Place. Very nice Private residence but you can nosey a bit without intruding as it is up a muddy lane off sylvan place. Look at the garden through the gate, admire the pre Georgian architecture, read the plaque as there is some info in it I have not divulged. Just after number 12 no less when heading up from the meadows. I was looking for a university dept. Which ended up being a basement location next to sick kids A and E</p> <p>Joseph Black identified carbon dioxide in the 1700s </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-242699 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:45:43 +0000 chdot 242699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/entertainment/work-to-start-within-weeks-to-turn-birthplace-of-welly-boot-into-new-arts-quarter-1-4364933" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/entertainment/work-to-start-within-weeks-to-turn-birthplace-of-welly-boot-into-new-arts-quarter-1-4364933</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-201659 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:42:19 +0000 chdot 201659@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Work will get underway next year on the derelict landmark, which was placed on Scotland’s “buildings at risk register” in 2010 - five years after the demise of the Fountain Brewery. Temporary artworks are planned during the building works to reflect its history.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/edinburgh-rubber-works-set-for-6-6m-arts-revamp-1-3914397" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/edinburgh-rubber-works-set-for-6-6m-arts-revamp-1-3914397</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-195845 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:46:23 +0000 Arellcat 195845@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Earlier etymological discussion about Lochrin and its environs:</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3985&amp;page=6#post-120936" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3985&amp;page=6#post-120936</a></p> <p>Edinburgh Corporation's "History and Derivation of Edinburgh Street Names" says that the Bridge was over the Dalry Burn at Lochrin, and that there was a Fountain House, later Greig's Engineering Works, at 28/30 Dundee St. But the eponymous fountain is described in the book as 'a famous perennial' and was near Fountain House.</p> <p>It also notes that Bailie Alexander Gray's brewery was on land in the Barony of Dalry, 'beside the ditch conveying the water from the Burrow Loch to the bridge at Bailie Gray's commonly called Lochrin Bridge.'</p> <p>The Scotttish Post Office Directory 1886 notes:</p> <p>Greig, John, &amp; Sons, engineers, ironfouuders, millwrights, and manufacturers of printing, bookbinding, tobacco, rubber, and other machinery, Fountainhouse works, 28 and 30 Dundee Street.</p> <p>Fountain House foundry was located on the land now between Drysdale Road and McEwan Square, and the House appears to have been Brandfield House in earlier times. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-195841 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:00:26 +0000 kaputnik 195841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Fountainbridge</p> <p>As far as I can establish from poring over the old maps, the Lochrin burn (or Dalry burn) was the drain for the Boroughloch. It certainly ran right into the middle of the Lochrin Distillery (where the Cameo cinema now is). It was progressively culverted up and built over, but I don't suppose much drains into it now.</p> <p>From there the approximate line was under tenements of Thornybauk and under the new student prison to the current basin. It ran through the easten end of the Fountain Brewery site as far as Gilmore Park before turning north and heading towards Dalry.</p> <p>It's worth noting that the name Fountain Bridge seems to <em>predate</em> the canal and therefore the lift bridge and the original location of the Fountain Brewery was to the west where the cinema now is. There was a dwelling established in 1817 (Kirwood town plan) at the foot of Gilmore Park (where the tenement now is) called Fountain Court, with a well marked outside it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-195837 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:46:59 +0000 Fountainbridge 195837@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The original bridge was approximately where the traffic lights are at the top of Gardeners Cresc. It was relocated and is now known as the Leamington Lift Bridge.</p> <p>Not sure on the fountain bit, but might have something to do with an old spring, which formed a stream called the Lochrin Burn. It still runs under Fountainbridge in a tunnel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-195831 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:35:35 +0000 chdot 195831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>According to the Edinburgh Evening Courant newspaper in 1774 the name derived from the Foullbridge Well of "singularly sweet water"</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountainbridge" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountainbridge</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-195830 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:30:00 +0000 gembo 195830@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was asked by tourist on bike at top of gardiner's crescent if this was fountainbridge. I said yes but there was no fountain or bridge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-195828 Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:05:48 +0000 SRD 195828@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Congratulations to Edinburgh Printmakers who have received a £500,000 grant from Historic Scotland - one of 8 sites around the country - to increase community engagement around historic sites. This will allow a makeover of the old Rubber Factory building and take the project another stage further in transforming this old handsome building into an exciting arts centre."</p> <p>from the fountain bridge canalised initiative Facebook page </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-191318 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:35:11 +0000 chdot 191318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Tea, coffee and cakes provided.</p> <p>All welcome.</p> <p>"</p> <p>Sounds like a CCE night out! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-191317 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:18:33 +0000 neddie 191317@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dear Friends and Colleagues,</p> <p>Our Capital Development Team have asked me to contact you about the following event. Please feel free to forward this information to anyone who might be interested.</p> <p>Edinburgh Printmakers<br /> Castle Mill Works</p> <p>Public Consultation Meeting - Edinburgh Printmakers Castle Mill Works Redevelopment</p> <p><strong>Thursday 25th June - doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start.</p> <p>Kings Church<br /> Side Hall<br /> 104 Gilmore Place<br /> Edinburgh<br /> EH3 9PL</strong></p> <p>All are welcome to attend an open consultation meeting regarding Edinburgh Printmakers plans for the redevelopment of Castle Mill Works, the site of the former HQ of the North British Rubber Company, in Fountainbridge.</p> <p>The event offers a chance to meet the Captial Development Team, see and hear from the Design Team about plans for the building, and give your feedback. </p> <p>Doors open at 7pm with a short presentation from the development team at 7.30pm, followed by questions and conversation.</p> <p>Tea, coffee and cakes provided.</p> <p>All welcome. </p> <p>If you need more information about the event please email me at: <a href="mailto:communitylearning@edinburghprintmakers.co.uk">communitylearning@edinburghprintmakers.co.uk</a> or phone 0131 557 2479.</p> <p>For more details on the<br /> Castle Mill Works<br /> redevelopment project please<br /> visit our website:<br /> <a href="http://www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/Capital-Project" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk/Capital-Project</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=3#post-164535 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:02:02 +0000 chdot 164535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://andrewburns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/edinburgh-printmakers-future-home-at.html" rel="nofollow">http://andrewburns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/edinburgh-printmakers-future-home-at.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=2#post-148533 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:59:34 +0000 kaputnik 148533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I noted when the plans for the "Bainfield" student residents came up, they were very careful to state there would only be 9 parking spaces, and they would all be for disabled students. Fair enough, you say.</p> <p>Except, there's about 12 bays along the side of the road that runs behind quick fit ("Bainfield Drive". No idea where the ownership is, some are coned off for staff/contractors, others being parked in. There's also some appalling comedy parking on and around the pavement buildouts at the end of the road where it meets Murdoch Terrace.</p> <p>I don't seem to recall all those spaces being stated up front in the plans. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=2#post-148527 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:59:16 +0000 fimm 148527@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Went &amp; had a look at plans in library. Not much to say. Liked cafe/restaurant overlooking canal. Is car park underground? Commented on blocked tow-path cycle space. Asked where was the secure cycle parking &amp; the space for communal bins? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=2#post-148061 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 10:57:05 +0000 gembo 148061@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Plain united free church. Film house used to claim Alasdair sim was born at 88 Lothian Road but transpires his father's tailor's business was at 94 Lothian Road. There used to be a plaque? Maybe it said A. Sim born near here?</p> <p>Is the proposed move to the same north British rubber company building as printmakers?</p> <p>I would doubt that the cameo or the GFT would ever move but then I think both built as cinemas.</p> <p>There will be a poll. I am undecided. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=2#post-148058 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 10:44:58 +0000 PS 148058@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>subject to planning permission and funding</em></p> <p>It's as good as built then! ;-)</p> <p><em>“But [the current building] is a B-listed Victorian church building, which means we are very restricted on what we can do with it.</em></p> <p>I did not know that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=2#post-148033 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 01:22:10 +0000 chdot 148033@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> THE home of the Edinburgh International Film Festival for the last 35 years is lining up a move to a new purpose-built complex, The Scotsman can reveal. </p> <p>A swathe of land on the banks of the Union Canal, which was previously home to the McEwan’s brewing empire, is believed to be the favourite for the new site of the Filmhouse.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/film/international-film-festival-home-to-move-1-3367415" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/film/international-film-festival-home-to-move-1-3367415</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12485&page=2#post-147646 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:53:26 +0000 PS 147646@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I assumed the other one was Life of Brian, but have not heard the LP and did not want to seize glory through guesswork. ;-)</p> <p>Don't know about the curtains. My cousin used to live in Argyle Place. 24, I think it was. </p>