page_title: Bellevue, Edinburgh
section_title: Claremont Court Estate
hierarchical_section_title: Bellevue, Edinburgh / Buildings / Claremont Court Estate
caption_attribution_description: English: Claremont Court housing estate, facing East
context_page_description: Bellevue is a district of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies to the south east of Canonmills, west of Leith Walk and south of Leith, incorporating the northernmost extent of Edinburgh's New Town UNESCO heritage site. The area was formerly open fields which became the second and penultimate location of the Royal Botanic Garden in 1763
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context_section_description: Claremont Court is a rare example of a Modernist style municipal flatted housing scheme (surrounding a landscape courtyard) situated this close to the New Town UNESCO zone. The scheme was designed by Basil Spence and Partners (Peter Ferguson, partner in charge; Richard Cassidy, job architect; T Harley Haddow, engineers), constructed between 1959 and 1962 and Grade C listed 19 July 2011 as an important example of Scottish post-war housing.
caption: Claremont Court housing estate, facing East
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