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The east end of George Street with St Andrew's Church, and Lord Melville's Monument, c. 1829 The west end of George Street, looking towards Charlotte Square and St George's Church, c. 1829 George Street is the central thoroughfare of the First New Town of Edinburgh , planned in the 18th century by James Craig .
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The New Town, shown in light brown This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. For the main list, see List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh. Boundaries The New Town is defined here as the area shown ...
The prominent site at the centre of George Street, in the centre of the recently established New Town, was donated by the town council. [2] The Assembly Rooms was designed by John Henderson, who was selected as architect having won a competition in 1781 for the design of the new Assembly Rooms.
The parish today constitutes the whole of the First New Town of Edinburgh and a small part of the early-19th-century Second New Town of Edinburgh. The George Street building (formerly St Andrew's Church) was completed in 1784, and is now protected as a category A listed building. [1]
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.
The Church of Scotland offices are located in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland (in the New Town) at 121 George Street. These imposing buildings are popularly known in Church circles as "one-two-one". They were designed in a Scandinavian-influenced style by the architect Sydney Mitchell and built in 1909-1911 for the United Free Church of Scotland.
The hotel, next to Edinburgh: New Town Church (formerly St Andrew's and St George's West Church) The five townhouses on George Street that make up the hotel's historic core, Nos. 15–25, [1] were constructed around 1780 as part of Edinburgh's New Town, to designs by John Young. [2] They are now a category A listed building. [3]
The Physicians Hall on George Street in Edinburgh 1780. The Dome stands on the site of the old Physicians' Hall, by architect James Craig. As the winner of the New Town planning competition in 1766, he received few commissions for individual buildings within his masterplan.