South elevation of Edinburgh City Chambers. Preparatory drawing for 'Tolbooths and Town-Houses', RCAHMS, 1996. N.d.
SC 337318
Description South elevation of Edinburgh City Chambers. Preparatory drawing for 'Tolbooths and Town-Houses', RCAHMS, 1996. N.d.
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 337318
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of DC 29634
Scope and Content Elevation of north block of 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. Originally, the north block was leased out to the government as a Customs House. The elobaration of the three-bayed centrepiece is one of Fergus's additions to Adam's original design. The Royal Exchange was the first of a series of civic improvements began by Lord Provost George Drummond who laid the foundation-stone with great ceremony in September 1753. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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