Logie, Dundee
Logie
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Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DUNDEE |
Postcode district | DD2 |
Dialling code | 01382 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Logie is a residential area of Dundee, Scotland. It is located north of Blackness Road, bounded by Blackness Road, Balgay Road, Scott Street and Glenagnes Road.
Etymology
The name Logie probably represents a
History
The Logie, or Lochee, estate belonged to several inter-marrying families, documented from at least 1660. These included the
Logie Housing Estate
The main feature of the area is the Logie
The housing consists mostly of three-room (living room and two bedrooms, plus kitchen and bathroom) and two-room (living room and one bedroom, kitchen and bathroom) in blocks of four flats, two upper and two lower, each with its own front door of the type described in England as a "maisonette". As well as communal drying greens, the houses each have a small allotment, although many of these have now been grassed over. The district heating scheme was closed in the late 1970s and individual central heating installed in each house.
The estate is divided by a wide tree-lined
Logie School and Logie Poorhouse
Adjacent to the housing estate, on the corner of Blackness Road and Glenagnes Road, stood Logie secondary school, later Harris Academy Annexe, designed by C.G. Soutar and opened in 1928. This stood on the site of the Logie poorhouse of Liff & Benvie Parish, which was itself opened in April 1864. The school was destroyed by fire in 2001. A new combined site primary school is being built on the site in 2012. This will replace Park Place, and St Joseph's primaries.
Political representation
With the new Single Transferable Vote system in place, Bill Campbell (SNP), Richard McCready (Labour), Vari McDonald (SNP) and Fraser McPherson (Liberal Democrat) all represent the Logie area as part of the West End ward.
References
- ^ Clancy, Thomas Owen. "Logie: an ecclesiastical place-name element in eastern Scotland" (PDF). University of Glasgow.
- ^ Elliot, Alexander (1911). "7". "Lochee" - As it was and is. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
Dundee, An Illustrated Architectural Guide, A McKean & D. Walker,
Description of Conservation Area, Dundee City Council 2005