Dean Park Mews is a quiet, cobbled lane tucked away in the Stockbridge neighborhood of Edinburgh. The buildings lining this narrow street were originally constructed as stables and mews housing, built to serve the grander homes of the area.
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 is defined by its low-profile, single-story mews buildings, which are constructed from coursed rubble with droved and polished ashlar dressings. These structures, dating to the early nineteenth century, are stepped down…
3. Circus Lane
Circus Lane is a narrow, cobbled mews that follows a distinct gentle curve, framed by terraced houses and the distant spire of St Stephen’s Church. Built in the early nineteenth century, the lane served as the service quarter for the grand…
4. Jamaica Street
Jamaica Street is marked by a distinctive shift in scale from the grand, uniform stone architecture of Edinburgh’s surrounding New Town. While the rest of this district features wide, orderly boulevards, this small thoroughfare was once…
5. South West Cumberland Street Lane
South West Cumberland Street Lane is defined by its series of mews buildings that sit behind the grand Georgian terraces of Great King Street. While the main streets of the New Town were designed by architects Robert Reid and William…
6. South East Cumberland Street Lane
South East Cumberland Street Lane is a narrow, cobbled passage hidden behind the formal Georgian terraces of Edinburgh’s New Town. Unlike the grand, uniform stone façades of the main streets nearby, this lane is defined by its informal,…