General view of South end of Castle Street looking towards Castle
ED 6963
Description General view of South end of Castle Street looking towards Castle
Date c. 1900
Catalogue Number ED 6963
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 466244
Scope and Content Early 20th-century view of Castle Street, Edinburgh, looking south from George Street Castle Street, one of the streets running north to south in James Craig's New Town, was first feued in 1792. Within the next few years the whole street was built up with high-class main door tenements and a few self-contained houses. This south section of the street slopes gently down to Princes Street. Most of the buildings are three-storeyed tenements with basements. Some have ground-floor shops which have been built out over the basement area. Castle Street was originally purely residential, although offices began to appear at its northern end, and shops at its southern end, when Princes Street became the fashionable shopping centre of the town in the late 19th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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