Northfield, Edinburgh

It lies east of the city centre and west of Portobello.

The area was laid out at low densities as local authority housing but the city employed private architects for its design - Reginald Fairlie and Reid and Forbes.

This area was laid out very generously at very low densities, an attitude seemingly derivative of Edinburgh having gained the land for free.

Unusually, although built as Council Housing it was not designed by the city architect, as might be normal but was given as private commission to a prominent local architect, Reginald Fairlie aided by the more practical local firm of Reid and Forbes.

In the 1960s, a further development of modernist housing was constructed to replace prefabs at nearby Mountcastle.