Dean Village Trail

1. Kirkbrae House: originally a C17 or C18 tavern for the village baxters (or bakers).  From 1860-1917, the house was the residence of James Stewart, a prosperous cab  hirer.

2. Baxters’ Tolbooth: Category ‘A’ listed building built in 1675 for the Baxter’s Incorporation of Edinburgh, a powerful guild which had the sole privilege of baking bread within the city. The recent restoration work of around £223,000 was grant aided by EWH.

3.Miller Row: On the left three grindstones stand on the site of Lindsay’s Mill, while further down on the right, past the modern offices and almost underneath Telford’s monumental Dean Bridge, is a small baronial style building, erected in 1912 as a squash court.

4.Hawthorne Buildings: was designed by Dunn and Findlay in 1895, a harled row built along the slope with a half-timbered top floor and tall red-brick chimneys.

5. Sunbury: Climb up Dean Path, which leads north west out of the village and follow the sign for the riverside footpath taking you along a picturesque bank of the Water of Leith known as Sunbury  Here you will feel you are in deep countryside but in reality only a few minutes walk from the busy West End.

6.Dean Gallery: Originally the Dean Orphanage, designed by Thomas Hamilton,1831-3 and built of local Craigleith stone. Note the clock face which was salvaged from the demolition of the Netherbow Port in the Old Town The building was converted to a modern art gallery by Terry Farrell & Partners in 1999 to house the Eduardo Paolozzi collection.

Well Court