St Trinnean's School

[1] It was founded in 1922 by its headmistress, Catherine Fraser Lee, who followed the Dalton Plan so that pupils could study what they wished and there was no homework.

[2][3] It was located at 10, Palmerston Road – the former home of Horatius Bonar – a minister and prodigious hymn writer.

[4] In 1925, it relocated to the grand mansion of St Leonard's Hall which had been built for the wealthy publisher, Thomas Nelson.

[3] The school uniform was a pale blue tunic with fawn-coloured stockings and coat of Harris Tweed.

The pupils were divided into four houses, which were named after people and places associated with the saint – Clagrinnie, Kilninian, Monenn and Whithorn.

The mansion of St Leonard's which was built for Thomas Nelson and then used by the school until it was evacuated during WW2.
The rear of the school building, which is now used as a hall of residence by Edinburgh University