Drylaw is an area in the north west of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, located between Blackhall and Granton. It forms the community of Drylaw–Telford. Drylaw used to belong to the younger branch of the Foresters of Corstorphine. Formerly the estate of Drylaw House, built in 1718, the home of the Loch family, the area became the site of a major housing scheme in the 1950s designed to rehouse the occupants of Leith. It is on the A902 road. Its name comes from the Scots language and means "hill without a spring".

Buildings

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• Old Drylaw House, now ruinous, a small mansion dating from the early 17th century

• Drylaw House, a classical mansion dating from 1718 with alterations of 1786

• Drylaw Parish Church, by Sir William Kininmonth 1956

Notable residents

• Baron Loch of Drylaw

• Admiral Francis Erskine Loch (1788–1868) born and raised in Drylaw House

• Graham Hastings of the band Young Fathers was raised in Drylaw.

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