Georgian New Town Elegance

The Georgian House occupies number seven Charlotte Square, identifiable by its symmetrical, neoclassical facade that blends into the uniform stone row designed by the architect Robert Adam. Completed in seventeen ninety-six, the townhouse…

Moray Place is a polygon of grand Georgian townhouses arranged around a central private garden in Edinburgh’s New Town. Unlike the rigid grid system found elsewhere in the city, the buildings here follow the irregular, sloping contours of…

Royal Circus is a grand, sweeping arrangement of Georgian townhouses built on a hillside. It is defined by two elegant crescents that face each other, forming a gentle curve around a private central garden. These stone-built structures are…

Circus Lane is a narrow, cobbled mews that follows a distinct gentle curve, framed by terraced houses and the distant spire of St Stephen’s Church. Built in the early nineteenth century, the lane served as the service quarter for the grand…

Heriot Row is a long, graceful terrace of grey stone houses completed in the early eighteen hundreds. These buildings, designed by Robert Reid and William Sibbald, occupy the northern edge of the Second New Town. The facades feature…

The Assembly Rooms on George Street are identifiable by their grand, classical portico, which features towering columns that project outward toward the street. Built in the seventeen eighties to serve the social life of Edinburgh's…

St. Andrew Square Garden is defined by the massive, fluted column of the Melville Monument rising at its center. This one hundred and fifty foot tall pillar, modeled after Trajan's Column in Rome, honors Henry Dundas, a politician so…