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View of Advocates Reading Room. Digital image of E 21140.
SC 724756
Description View of Advocates Reading Room. Digital image of E 21140.
Date 1955
Catalogue Number SC 724756
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 21140
Scope and Content Advocates' Reading Room, 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 a wood-panelled room furnished with leather armchairs, leather-topped desks and antique portraits. The floor is covered by oriental rugs, and brass chandeliers hang from the ceiling. A deep moulding surrounds the doorway, and a built-in clock can just be seen in the panel above. The National Library of Scotland evolved from the collection of the Society of Advocates, whose library was inaugurated in 1689. In the 1920s Sir Alexander Grant gifted a fund of £200,000 to construct a new building for the collection, which continues to grow to this day. 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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