158 -164 Fountainbridge

I headed out for some fresh air and a walk by returning books to Fountainbridge Library and then picking up some veg from Dig-In.

This category A listed building on Fountainbridge was designed by Frederick Thomas Pilkington in 1864.  It's an unusal tenement becasue of the ornamentation on the facades.

Fountainbridge was created out of the Dalry (or Brandfield) Estate. In the late 17th century the area was known as 'Foullbridge', or the bridge or ford which crossed the Foullburn or common sewer (Dalry Burn) and was at the north end of Gilmore Park. The name Fountainbridge became more commonly used by the mid-18th century, taking its name from a well opposite the south end of Grove Street.