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From North West
SC 460229
Description From North West
Date 1/1967
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 460229
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 2276
Scope and Content George Street and Charlotte Square Corner viewed from the north west George Street, the central avenue of James Craig's New Town, was appropriately made wider than its sister streets, Princes Street and Queen Street. It remains the most spacious street in Edinburgh, and possibly the finest as a setting for architecture. On the gable end of the east side of Charlotte Square and George Street, are four blocked-up windows - two on the first floor, and two smaller ones on the second floor - each painted to resemble the other windows of the street. William Pitt, prime minister in 1783 during the construction of the New Town, introduced a 'window tax' payable on the number of windows in a house. Often windows were blocked-up to avoid payment, leaving blank recesses nicknamed 'Pitt's Portraits'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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