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The Junction of Bruntsfield Place, Morningside
Road, Chamberlain Road and Colinton Road. The evening sun dazzles drivers
heading out of town along Colinton Road. |
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Photographed after the road was resurfaced and made more
cyclist-friendly. The area is known as Holy Corner because of the number
of churches nearby: Christ Church Morningside, Church of Scotland Morningside
United, Morningside Baptist Church, and the one that's now the Eric Liddell
Centre at the corner of Chamberlain Road. |
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No longer used as a regular church. The Scottish
Gazeteer has information about the centre and about Eric Liddell. The
film Chariots of Fire was based on events in his life. This photo shows
the attractive stone work at one of the entrances. |
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Inside the ground floor at the northwest corner facing
east. The stairs at the end of the tiled passageway lead up to new floors
constructed when the building's interior was modified. There is also a
lift (elevator). |
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The first of three shots of the stained glass windows. |
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The centre window. |
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The top of one of the windows as seen from higher up. |
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This attractive metal stairway is part of the refurbishments. |
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A vertical shot with the wide angle lens shows the
view down as well as up. |
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A sunny corner of an older, stone-built stairway. Visit the
Eric Liddell Centre website. |
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An exposure of a few seconds caught the morning rush hour
traffic creating interesting light trails at this busy junction. |
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A study of chimney pots above Holy Corner. |
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The afternoon sun shines straight down Colinton Road onto the crossroads. |
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Infra Red shot taken from the bank carpark looking diagonally
across to the Eric Liddell Centre. |
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There's a bench in front of the church and this attractive
garden separates it from the busy bus stop from Holy Corner into the city
centre. |
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From The Citizen November/December 2006: For
the time being the garden and tomb are again open to the public. The
owners of 1 Chamberlain Road have appealed against the decision of the
Land Court confirming that the Council does have legal title to the land. |
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Background
from the Edinburgh Evening News 1st December 2005
Built as a memorial to John Livingston, the walled garden on Chamberlain
Road houses the 17th century botanist's tomb and a memorial plaque. It
is understood the action has been taken by the new owners of the house
next door, who are thought to be claiming the garden belongs to them. A
row of six-foot conifers also sprung up last week to conceal the entrance
to the garden, and a commemorative bench was removed. |
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This area was once the Boroughmuir, a wooded area outside
the city of Edinburgh where Kings went hunting. When the Black Death came,
this area was considered far enough away from the city to be safe from
spreading or catching it. This third photo in this series shows a closer
view of the entrance way. |
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The actual tombstone (referred to in the plaque in the
next photo) |
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The text on this plaque is very informative. It starts: John
Livingston, an apothecary, acquired the substantial estate of Greenhill
in the 1630s, but his enjoyment of it was short-lived; after perhaps
nine years' occupation he succumbed, in 1645, to the Black Death. It
was a particularly virulent epidemic, in the course of which most people
fled from the city, and half the population of Leith may have died.
The plaque continues with the text on the tombstone, as well as more
historical information.
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This last shot in the series shows the view from the
tombstone looking back towards the gate way. |
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The bottom end of the footpath which leads from Blackford
Glen up to Braid Hills Drive. |
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A red sandstone building which features stage plays,
musicals and Christmas pantomimes. |
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The top entrance to this path beside Braid Hills Drive
which connects Comiston with Liberton. |
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The Lang Linn path descends from Braid Hills Drive to
Blackford Glen. The field on the right extends eastwards to Howe Dean
Path. Nature has regained a foothold here - but there are pressures to
turn this area into yet another golf course. Update: The golf course came.
Big money is turning Scotland into a Golf Theme Park. |
