Ground floor, Board room, general view from South East. Digital image of C 44297 CN.

Description Ground floor, Board room, general view from South East. Digital image of C 44297 CN.

Date 23/10/1994

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 721003

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 44297 CN

Scope and Content Board room from south-east, National Library of Scotland, No 57 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh The National Library of Scotland was designed by architect Reginald Fairlie (1883-1952) between 1934 and 1936, and built 1937-9 (initial construction period). It was completed 1950-5 with A R Conlon as architect. This Neo-Classical library is nine storeys high, with two storeys on George IV Bridge, and the remaining seven below the bridge on the Cowgate. This shows the board room with its polished wooden parquet floor, pale turquoise-painted walls, and white coffered (divided into recessed panels) ceiling. The room is furnished with elegant mahogany furniture, a lectern for making announcements, desk and glass-fronted bookcase. The windows framed by pink curtains with heavy draped pelmets look out onto George IV Bridge.. This room is reminiscent of grand 18th-century interiors, elegant furnishings and pastel colour scheme. The design of this room complements the stylish Neo-Classical façade with its angular stonework and stylised sculptured figures. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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