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Name Location Date Listed Grid Ref. [note 1] Geo-coordinates Notes LB Number [note 2] Image West Register House Charlotte Square: 3 March 1966 Former St George's Church.Robert Reid, 1811-14; gutted and reconstructed as registry office by R Saddler of Ministry of Public Building and Works, 1964-70.
Plan for the New Town by James Craig (1768) A design competition was held in January 1766 to find a suitably modern layout for the new suburb. It was won by 26-year-old James Craig, who, following the natural contours of the land, proposed a simple axial grid, with a principal thoroughfare along the ridge linking two garden squares.
The council area of Edinburgh covers 264 square kilometres (102 sq mi), and has a population of just under 500,000. Edinburgh is centred on the medieval Old Town and the Georgian New Town. To the north is the historic port of Leith, on the shore of the Firth of Forth which is now built up from Cramond to Portobello. The modern city now extends ...
Pages in category "New Town, Edinburgh" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Given Edinburgh's restricted redevelopment in relation to other cities, the list is manageable (only including redevelopment which included loss of full streets). [1] Argyll Square - demolished to create Royal Museum, Chambers Street; Arthur Street - demolished in the early 60s. Was once the steepest street in Edinburgh
The West End is an affluent district of Edinburgh, Scotland, which along with the rest of the New Town and Old Town forms central Edinburgh, and Edinburgh's UNESCO World Heritage Site. [1] The area boasts several of the city's hotels, restaurants, independent shops, offices and arts venues, including the Edinburgh Filmhouse , Edinburgh ...
Princes Street (Scottish Gaelic: Sràid nam Prionnsachan) is one of the major thoroughfares in central Edinburgh, Scotland and the main shopping street in the capital. It is the southernmost street of Edinburgh's New Town, stretching around 1.2 km (three quarters of a mile) from Lothian Road in the west, to Leith Street in the east.
Rose St, Edinburgh as seen from Standard Life Building on St Andrew Square Rose Street in the New Town of Edinburgh. Rose Street is a street in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a narrow street running parallel between Princes Street and George Street. Today, it is principally a shopping street, however, it is well known for its many ...