Comely Bank









Tenements, Comely Bank




Comely Bank Road


Comely Bank (/ˌkɒmɪli ˈbæŋk/; Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Cheanalta) is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies southwest of Royal Botanic Garden and is situated between Stockbridge and Craigleith.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Notable buildings


  • 3 Famous Residents


  • 4 Comely Bank Cemetery


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





History


The ground was originally part of Sir William Fettes' estate. The original development was a terrace of Georgian town-houses built to face the main east-west road leading to Stockbridge. This was designed by Thomas Brown (architect) in 1817 and still stands today.[1]


The Victorian writer Thomas Carlyle lived in Comely Bank Road between 1819 and 1821 before achieving literary success. At that time, the terrace at the western end of the road was the last row of houses in Edinburgh before the village of Blackhall.


Although there was a burst of tenemental construction in the late 19th century, due to other more prestiguous developments around the city the area was not fully built out until the 1930s.



Notable buildings




Flora Stevenson School, Comely Bank Edinburgh by John Alexander Carfrae




  • Flora Stevenson School 1900 by John Alexander Carfrae

  • St Stephen's Church 1901 by J.N. Scott & Alexander Lorne Campbell

  • St Ninian's Episcopal Church 1921 by John More Dick Peddie & Walker Todd



Famous Residents


(taken from Grants Old and New Edinburgh[2])



  • Thomas Carlyle

  • Rev James Browne DD (1793–1841) author, lived at 11 Comely Bank


  • John Wilson Ewbank RSA (1799–1847), artist, lived at 5 Comely Bank



Comely Bank Cemetery




Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh




War graves, Comely Bank Cemetery


The cemetery was begun in 1896 and laid out by George Washington Browne.


The cemetery has lost its original southern entrance and its ornate gate piers now lead only into a modern housing estate. It is now only accessible from its north-east corner, on Crewe Road. There has been much vandalism in the cemetery.


It is notable largely due to an abnormally high number of war graves, due to its juxtaposition to two of the city's hospitals in WW2. This includes Britain's youngest in-service death: Reginald Earnshaw only 14 years old.


There are relatively few graves of note:-




  • Jeannie Cockburn (1898–1918) a rare female war grave from WW1 (Lady Driver)


  • Clive Franklyn Collett MC and bar (1886–1917) WW1 flying ace


  • Sir Patrick George Don-Wauchope Baronet (1898–1989)


  • Reginald Earnshaw (1927–41) Merchant Navy. UK's youngest war grave


  • William Miller Frazer RSA (1864–1961), landscape artist


  • William Murray Frier (1911–2014) centenarian


  • Alexander Gamley (died 1906) and Fanny Vince Gamley (died 1908) stone by Henry Snell Gamley (presumed to be his parents)


  • John ("Jock") Adam Porter (1894–1952) Scotland's first Isle of Man TT winner


  • Thomas Ross (1839–1930) architect and partner in MacGibbon & Ross (stone fallen and damaged)


  • Dr Arthur Wilson (died 1925) sculpture by Henry Snell Gamley



References





  1. ^ Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh, by Gifford McWilliam and Walker


  2. ^ "Ch 8: Valley of the Water of Leith (concluded) - Old and New Edinburgh by James Grant - Volume V". oldandnewedinburgh.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-11..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links


  • (Google Maps)


Coordinates: 55°57′30″N 3°13′9″W / 55.95833°N 3.21917°W / 55.95833; -3.21917







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