Abercromby Place Photographic copy of plan and elevation Insc: 'Edinburgh 11 March 1807. This is the elevation to be erected in Abercrombie Place as Referred to in Articles of Roup of Building Areas t ...

Description Abercromby Place Photographic copy of plan and elevation Insc: 'Edinburgh 11 March 1807. This is the elevation to be erected in Abercrombie Place as Referred to in Articles of Roup of Building Areas there of this date, Arch'd Campbell, Treasurer' 'Having by Desire of W Jackson, City Chamberlain, had the above elevation laid before me, as made out by Messrs Winton and Nisbet, I am satisfied it is agreeable to the Elevation formerly made out by me, in so far as it is applicable to the size of the Crescent at that time proposed, and that is confirmation of my opinion as to a proper Elevation for the line of building now intended'. 'Edinburgh 4th Sept 1805, Robt Reid, Arch't' No Scale, pen ink and colourwash

Catalogue Number SC 502832

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of EDD 9/1 P

Scope and Content Robert Reid's original plan of the front elevation of Abercromby Place, Edinburgh Abercromby Place, along with Heriot Row, formed the southern edge of the northern New Town. Designed by Robert Reid in 1805, it was the first street in Edinburgh to be built on a curve. Building began in 1814 and was almost completed by 1819. This shows Robert Reid's plan, drawn in 1805, for the western half of Abercromby Place. He designed a crescent of 11 three-storeyed houses, each with a three-bayed front, and with two taller four-storeyed end pavilions, each with a five-bayed front. The site of Abercromby Place lay in farmland belonging to Mr Wood of Warriston. The farmland originally extended from Canonmills to the site of Princes Street, an area known as Bearford's Parks, and provided good hunting ground for hares and partridges. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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