Thirty years after the construction of Nos. 3 to 9 Malta Terrace, two unbuilt plots in the street were advertised for sale in July 1863.1 Nos. 1 and 2 Malta Terrace were built on these plots before 1870. The builder was John Hill. The first occupants of No. 2 appear to have been Mrs Margaret Burn and her family.
Initially, the house was a single dwelling with 6 rooms with windows.2 It was still one property in 19053 but by 1915 the basement flat 2a appeared and was valued separately. The 1921 census records two dwellings each with three windowed rooms.
- Margaret Burn
- William Napier Dick
- Robert C Johnstone
- George Storrar Brown
- Elizabeth Nicol
- Mrs Elizabeth Urquhart
- Stuart Lunn
- Daniel Gunn
- Alexander W. D. McGregor
- John Young
- Thomas Anderson
- Alison Linklater-Betley
References
- Advertisements. The Scotsman. 25 July 1863. p. 5, col. 4. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 29 September 2023.
- Census records. Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 02 April 1871. BURN, Margaret B. (Head). 685/1 88/ 09. Ancestry collection ‘1871 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 28 February 2024.
- Valuation Roll.