This is our entry for the Abandoned Shit Weekly Contest - №. 2 - Homes! being run by @customnature.

Abandoned Good's Corner homestead in Auld Reekie, Scotland.Photo taken by Wench with a Fujifilm FinePix V10

This is the front door of an old stone building that had for many years sat derelict when Capt'n and Wench decide to explore it and the surrounding land back in 2012. Photo taken by Capt'n with a Sony Ericsson W810i (best mobile phone camera Capt'n ever owned).

Sitting on the corner of two major roads (Liberton and Gilmerton), surrounded by bus stops and not far from Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, Good's Corner has been passed daily by many, many people for well over one hundred years.

Apparently built in the mid to late 19th century by one Alexander Good. A joiner by trade he came to live in the small village of Nether Liberton where he and his sons ran a thriving joinery and builders business for many years. The name Good's Corner is directly related to Alexander. Prior to building his home the site had been known as the Bawbees Houses.

The house was a state when we entered. Clearly, it had been derelict long enough for vandals and feckless teenagers to leave their marks. But not so long that it had become an unsalvageable ruin.

Well. Ok. It was pretty bad inside. This was what was once a kitchen.

At least the stairs were safe enough to climb. If you were careful and didn't mind getting dusty boots.

Upstairs had some interesting grafitti.

Verticle panorama taken with Fujifilm FinePix V10.

Landscape panorama taken with Fujifilm FinePix V10.

In making this post we became intrigued as to the fate of the building now in 2018. After a bit of digging on the tinterwebs we discovered that the site is being regenerated to provide student accomodation.

Google Street View Image Dated May 2017.

If you would like to read some more info about the history of the site check out this resource we found.
https://sites.google.com/site/greaterlibertonheritageproject/goods-corner

Thanks for reading.

If you liked this post then please check out The Capt'n's blog (photography, food, gardening and homesteading related) or the Wench's blog (photography, art, jewellery and geekery related).

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