1852 – 1938 John, Cecilia and Anne Rutherfurd
They were the unmarried children of John and Cassandra Rutherfurd who had moved here in 1852.John was a Solicitor (WS) and acted as Secretary to the Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Commissioners. John and Cecilia died in 1920, and Anna lived on in the house (advert for cook) until her death in 1938. In her will she left £32,241 to the Church of Scotland Mission. A newspaper report, entitled, ‘A kindly thought for the town of her ancestors’ stated: Miss Anna Rutherfurd, whose forebears were prominent in Jedburgh as far back as the 14th century, has bequeathed to the minister of Jedburgh Parish Church funds to assist the deserving poor of the parish.’
When the house was sold in 1938 it went for £690, £ 90 over the upset price. 'The house contains three public rooms , six bedrooms , a dressing room. kitchen laundry, and two basement bedrooms.
1939 – (around) 1960 Murdoch & Dickson
This Wholesale Tea and Coffee Merchants firm was started sometime before 1900 by James W Dickson and John Murdoch, and originally traded from Forth Street. Dickson died in 1903 and Murdoch in 1930, but the business continued to trade, run by Murdoch’s son, Ian, who also lived here with his wife. In 1950, their daughter, Moira, married Maurice Paterson.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the property was offices on the ground and basement and flats on the other floors.
Companies who had offices here for periods included
Edinburgh office of Atlas Copco. Great Britain Ltd
Manufacturers of compressed air and gas equipment, mining equipment and industrial tools (established in Sweden in the 1870s and still active today)
Automobile Technical Services. / TT Technical Services
Consulting Automotive Engineer
Scottish Philharmonic Society
The Scottish Philharmonic Club was set up in 1975, to promote and encourage the knowledge and appreciation of arts, in particular music, in Scotland and elsewhere and to support musical and other events promoted by the Scottish Philharmonic Society. The club was wound up December 1987.
Residents included Joy Ogilvie, Richard McAllister, Sarah Mason and William McLeod.