Title: 'Earl of Wemyss' Modernist Houses
Location: central-west Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland
The Longniddry Houses in Winter - houses become walls, walls become houses:
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buildings image copy; Adrian Welch
Low, expansive houses mostly set behind simple white walls:
image © Adrian Welch
As part of Docomomo SNG, Zone Architects did some research on this development, published in the Docomomo SNG report no. 5 (Mar 2003). John & Margaret Richards, who were part of the original team of masterplanners / architects call it 'Glassel Park, Longniddry' and you can find more information in the newsletter.
image © Adrian Welch
Photos, apart from top one, taken Nov 2003
Directions: If driving from Edinburgh take the first left after the road under the railway on the right, ie drive into the heart of the village and turn off the main road past the S bend. Then, drive past the Co-op on the right and veer left: the houses are in front of you, first left but mostly second left again.
Longniddry Houses © Adrian Welch
Southern cul-de-sac grouping - beautiful Modern suburban houses:
Houses, Longniddry: © Adrian Welch
Modern houses elsewhere in East Lothian include those in Haddington at Riverside Drive: Modern Housing
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