David Neave and his Houses

David Neave was Dundee's town architect prior to 1833. At the time when many contemporaries were involved in New Town construction, Neave's work was lost, with no grand setting in Dundee. There was no Dundee New Town and Neave's work is scattered over various sites.

Although he did build some civic buildings and attractive terraces, his villas in the Magdalen Yard / Nethergate area were perhaps his most numerous contribution to Dundee. They tend to exhibit variations on a basic design but still show distinct differences.

One thing which complicates research into the Magdalen Yard villas is the fat that Magdalen Yard Road used to include what is now known as Roseangle. I have still to establish when this ceased and whether there was any overlap (which would naturally complicate things further).

Details of some houses