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Map of the city, showing the New Town (mid brown), the Old Town, and the West End, with the World Heritage Site indicated by the red line. The decision to construct a New Town was taken by the city fathers, after overcrowding inside the walls of the Old Town reached breaking point and to prevent an exodus of wealthy citizens from the city to ...
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Charlotte Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The square is located at the west end of George Street and was intended to mirror St. Andrew Square in the east. The gardens, one of the collection of New Town Gardens, are private and not publicly accessible.
Plan of Edinburgh New Town. The street forms part of James Craig's plan of 1768 for a New Town to the north of Edinburgh's Old Town and the North Loch. This had three main east-west streets: Princes Street; George Street; and Queen Street. Queen Street was planned as a one-sided street, facing north over then fields towards the Firth of Forth.
The New Town is defined here as the area shown in light brown on the map to the right, with some small exceptions: to the north, a line along St. Stephen Street, Fettes Row, Royal Crescent, and Bellevue Crescent, then along East London Street; This includes Royal Crescent, Scotland Street and Bellevue Crescent, which are omitted from the map area
Playfair's townhouse at 17 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh Playfair's grave in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh Statue of William Henry Playfair, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks.
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The Georgian House is an 18th-century townhouse situated at No. 7 Charlotte Square in the heart of the historic New Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland, and is operated as a popular tourist attraction, with over 40,000 visitors annually.