Slateford Colonies, Slateford Road
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Slateford Colonies, Slateford Road
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 3 Sep 2011
Terraced houses built by the Edinburgh Co-operative Building Company in the late-Victorian period. The terraces here are delightfully named after plants or trees: Primrose Terrace (1877), Ivy Terrace, closest to the camera, and Myrtle Terrace (1878), Laurel Terrace and Violet Terrace (1880), Daisy Terrace (1882) and Lily Terrace (1883).
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Image Location
Latitude
55.935259
Longitude
-3.230925