Dean Park Mews features a curved row of stone archways and stable doors tucked away behind the grand townhouses of Edinburgh’s New Town. These buildings served as the functional backyard for the wealthy families living on the main streets…
New Town Mews Lanes
This self-guided walk leads you through the highly visual, quiet cobbled mews lanes of Edinburgh's New Town, showcasing charming cottages and hidden workspaces.
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1. Dean Park Mews
2. Gloucester Lane
Gloucester Lane features a long row of stone stables and carriage houses, distinguished by their arched wooden doors and steep, slate-covered roofs. These buildings served the grand townhouses of the Moray Feu estate during the early…
3. Circus Lane
Circus Lane features a distinct, curved cobblestone path lined with low, two-story stone cottages that once served as the mews for the grand townhouses of Royal Circus. These buildings housed stable staff, carriage drivers, and horses in…
4. Jamaica Street
Jamaica Street features tall, narrow townhouses built of dark, soot-stained sandstone, their straight lines typical of the neoclassical style that defines the New Town. When the street was laid out in the late eighteenth century, it acted…
5. South West Cumberland Street Lane
South West Cumberland Street Lane hides behind the main thoroughfares of the New Town, defined by low-slung, rubble-built stone walls and the narrow, irregular path of the old village of Silvermills. This lane follows the track that once…
6. South East Cumberland Street Lane
South East Cumberland Street Lane is a narrow, cobbled mews tucked behind the grand stone townhouses of Edinburgh’s New Town. Its low-slung, former carriage houses once sheltered the horses and staff of the wealthy residents living on the…