No 3

No. 3 was one of the feus purchased in 1819 by Thomas Arnold, the builder of Malta Terrace. His sequestration at the end of 1820 no doubt contributed to the long delay before completion of its construction. The unfinished house was first advertised for sale in October 1821,¹ and when advertised for sale in June 1830 it was still unfinished.² No. 3 Malta Terrace first appeared in the Post Office Directory in 1831-32, more than a decade after construction began.

When the house was advertised for sale in 1862 it was described as having a dining-room, drawing-room, five bedrooms, kitchen and servants’ room, along with a ‘good’ garden.³

• The Ewart family
• Mrs Bethia McFarquhar
• John Pillans
• Frances Ronaldson
• Miss Shepherd
• James Fairbairn
• Joseph Martin
• Mrs J F Carmichael
• Kenneth MacLeay
• T Alex Hill
• Frederick Smith
• The Saleeby family
• Isa Campbell
• Robert Gardner
• William M Maitland
• Mary Penn
• Selena R White
• Mary Adeline Bell
• Thomas Robb
• Margaret Torok de Varad
• Edward Keenan

1. Advertisements. Scotland. Caledonian Mercury. 18 October 1821. p. 1, col. 3.
2. Advertisements. Scotland. The Scotsman. 09 June 1830. p. 4, col. 2.
3. Advertisements. Scotland. Edinburgh Evening Courant. 20 March 1862. p. 1, col. 6.