Only in Edinburgh by Duncan J.D. Smith

75 Old Town tablished and in 2008 it moved into the former Infirmary Street Baths, which had undergone a sensitive and award-winning refurbishment at the hands of Edinburgh’s Malcolm Fraser Architects, renowned for their work at Edinburgh’s Scottish Poetry Library and Scottish Storytell- ing Centre (see nos. 22 & 28). The weavers and tufters of the Dovecot Tapestry Studio now honour the legacy of their forebears in what was once the main swimming pool. Although visitors cannot stray onto the Weaving Floor they can observe the looms from a viewing balcony on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Elsewhere in the building, the for- mer Ladies’ Bath, which recalls when public bathing was segregated, is now used as the Dovecot Gallery. Here contemporary art, craft and design is promoted through a vibrant exhibition programme sponsored by the charitable Dovecot Foundation. When William Adam’s Royal Edinburgh Infirmary was demolished several key architec- tural elements from the building were recycled. The ornamental gates, for example, were moved to the new Infirmary building on Drummond Street, which is now used by the University of Edinburgh’s School of GeoSciences. Four Ionic pilasters from the façade were combined to form a monument to the Covenanters outside Dreghorn Barracks on Redford Road (EH13). The most important element, the surgical theatre in the attic of the building, was reworked as a gate lodge for Redford House almost opposite the barracks and can easily be identified by its oversized stone volutes. Other locations nearby: 30, 32, 33, 34, 42, 43 Weavers at work at the Dovecot Tapestry Studio