Engraving of the North Elevation of the old Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh. Copied from Vitruvius Scoticus Plate 150.
SC 358216
Description Engraving of the North Elevation of the old Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh. Copied from Vitruvius Scoticus Plate 150.
Date c. 1736 to 1737
Catalogue Number SC 358216
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 41851 P
Scope and Content The north front of the old Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh The old Royal Infirmary, designed by William Adam in c.1738, was an important public building that heralded Edinburgh's emergence as an 18th-century modern capital city. The hospital, situated just off Infirmary Street, was demolished in 1884. This symmetrical early Georgian building has advanced end pavilions, and a five-bayed centrepiece with six Ionic pilasters, above which is a domed belfry flanked by two huge leafy scrolls, one with thistles and the other with roses. By 1864 the Infirmary was considered too small and under-ventilated, and a new infirmary was designed in 1872 in Lauriston Place. After the demolition of the old Infirmary in 1884, parts of its frontispiece were reused at Redford House, Colinton. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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