Photocopy of an engraving showing the South West corner of George Square.
SC 457647
Description Photocopy of an engraving showing the South West corner of George Square.
Catalogue Number SC 457647
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 93730 PO
Scope and Content Late 18th-century view of George Square, Edinburgh from an engraving The first new residential project in the city outside the confines of the 16th-century Flodden Wall, was designed by James Brown, a far-seeing Edinburgh architect, who built George Square on the southern limits of the old burgh in 1766. This view of the south west corner shows the tall, three-storeyed Georgian terraced houses, with columned doorpieces. The square had terraced houses on four sides, built around a large garden which was planted with trees and shrubs. George Square was one of the most aristocratic and fashionable parts of Edinburgh in which to live in the late 18th century. Residents of the square included Lord Melville, the Countess of Sutherland, and Walter Scott, WS, father of the famous novelist. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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