View from south. Photographic copy of an engraving.
C 48601
Description View from south. Photographic copy of an engraving.
Catalogue Number C 48601
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 336980
Scope and Content Edinburgh City Chambers (formerly 'Royal Exchange'), City of Edinburgh Built as the Royal Exchange, Edinburgh City Chambers began as a complex of shops, printers, flats, coffee-houses and offices. The council kept ownership of only the north block which became the City Chambers after the old tolbooth was demolished in 1810. John Adam beat the Gentlemen of Mary's Chapel in the competition to provide the plans. However, the Gentlemen, three wrights led by the architect John Fergus, won the contract to carry out the work itself. Fergus altered Adam's plan, and added an arcade closing off the courtyard. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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