The Inch, Edinburgh
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 before the building was turned into a community centre.[6] 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
- ^ "Four detained over shootings in Gilmerton and The Inch". BBC News. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Big campsite plan at Inch for Edinburgh Fringe". Edinburgh Evening News. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ CEC listed buildings records
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1911-12
- ^ http://www.southedinburgh.net/history/greater-liberton-heritage-project/inch-house
- ^ "Inch House". The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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