View of the Old Waverley Hotel, south and west elevations
SC 466073
Description View of the Old Waverley Hotel, south and west elevations
Date 1935
Collection Records of Scottish Colorfoto Ltd, photographers, Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 466073
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 8627
Scope and Content Old Waverley Hotel, No 42-44 Princes Street, Edinburgh Princes Street was originally the south-facing terrace of James Craig's New Town. From the 1830s, Victorian reconstruction transformed the street into Edinburgh's principal thoroughfare of hotels, department stores, shops, offices and clubs. The Old Waverley Hotel, designed by John Armstrong in 1883, has a Renaissance façade with a busy pattern of windows, all with shafts of Peterhead granite. Its six storeys made it very high for its time, with another two in the mansard roof. The name 'Waverley' comes from the novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott. It is also the name of Edinburgh's principal station, originally called the General or Joint station until around 1854 when the name 'Waverley' was first used. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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