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64 Great King Street Detail of door knocker and numeral

SC 502928

Description 64 Great King Street Detail of door knocker and numeral

Catalogue Number SC 502928

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of ED 4177

Scope and Content Door knocker, No 64 Great King Street, Edinburgh Great King Street, designed by Robert Reid in 1804 as the grand central avenue of the northern New Town, links Royal Circus and Drummond Place, which enclose it at either end. Feuing began in 1812, and was completed 1814-23. The Greek lady and the urn on this front door knocker reflect the popularity of Neo-Classical designs in the early 19th century. The door has a central divide, a fashionable device to suggest double doors. Originally, it is said, only doctors had door knockers; other houses and flats had bells. Knockers were introduced later as decorative elements of brass or, on basement doors, iron. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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