The Move to Corstorphine and Renaming as Queen Margaret College
In 1970, our institution (then the College of Domestic Science) moved to a campus at Clermiston in West Edinburgh, and in 1972, the institution was renamed Queen Margaret College in light of the broadening of its course portfolio.
The 25-acre site was purchased from Wimpey for £37,500 and included the old grade 2 mansion of Clermiston House, however this would be found to be in a poor state and was therefore demolished during the construction process.
It subsequently absorbed a number of other Edinburgh-based educational institutions including:
- The Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama;
- The Edinburgh School of Speech Therapy;
- The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh School of Physiotherapy;
- The Astley Ainslie Hospital Occupational Therapy Training Centre;
- The Edinburgh Foot Clinic and School of Chiropody;
- The Edinburgh School of Radiography; and
- The Edinburgh University Settlement School of Art Therapy.
