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rhythmaning

Doors Open.

Nov 04, 2013 19:14

Ian Rankin's book "Doors Open" starts in an auction room, and that was where I started my exploration of buildings in Edinburgh's Doors Open weekend: Lyon & Turnbull. Their auction- and showroom is housed in an imposing Georgian former church not far from me: it is at the end of a short street, the building's columns drawing one down the road ( Read more... )

architecture, edinburgh, photographs

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nicnac November 5 2013, 09:14:06 UTC

Drumsheugh Baths sounds v interesting, do people still use the trapeze etc.? I guess that's against elfnsafety too :/

Love St Bernard's well, the dome is gorgeous.

rhythmaning November 5 2013, 10:04:32 UTC

I wasn't very articulate about the baths. They were designed to resemble a Turkish baths, with lots of Moghul influence.

The swings and trapezes are still used. The pool was recently refurbished.

The main reason for not allowing photography was that the pool was in use. I did think about photographing some architectural details, but it seemed odd without the context of the pool!

But there are loads of images on Google...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=drumsheugh+baths&client=ms-android-google&rlz=1Y3TXLS_enGB522GB522&espv=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sboxchip=Images&sa=X&ei=lcF4UvfmLZTwhQejloGADQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=384&bih=519&dpr=2