Inch, Edinburgh

Housing in The Inch
The Inch Doocot

Inch or The Inch is a populated area of Edinburgh, Scotland, located south of Inch Park in the south of the city.[1][2]

Inch House

The area grew around Inch House, a Scottish vernacular tower house dating from 1617. It is a category A listed building.[3] The Inch Park now surrounding it was its former garden grounds.

Its former residents include Sir Robert Gilmour, 1st Baronet[4] who greatly extended and remodelled the house in the 1890s.[5]

The house was sold to Edinburgh Corporation in 1946 and served for twenty years as a primary school. It remains in Council ownership and the grounds provide the main nursery beds for Council plants within the city parks and green-spaces.

A doocot at Nether Liberton previously linked to Inch House.

References

  1. ↑ "Four detained over shootings in Gilmerton and The Inch". BBC News. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  2. ↑ "Big campsite plan at Inch for Edinburgh Fringe". Edinburgh Evening News. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  3. ↑ CEC listed buildings records
  4. ↑ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911-12
  5. ↑ http://www.southedinburgh.net/history/greater-liberton-heritage-project/inch-house

Coordinates: 55°55′20″N 3°09′20″W / 55.9222°N 3.1556°W / 55.9222; -3.1556

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