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General view.
SC 724764
Description General view.
Date 1955
Catalogue Number SC 724764
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 21145
Scope and Content Front façade of The 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 impressive façade of the Library, fronting onto George IV Bridge. The base level of the building is rusticated (the stones have deeply cut edges), and the upper levels are of smooth ashlar stonework. The upper sections of the library feature a blind pilastrade (shallow square columns with no windows) containing sculptures by artists Hew Lorimer, Scott Sutherland, E Dempster and Maxwell Allan. The Sculptor Hew Lorimer (1907-93) was the second son of architect Robert Lorimer (1864-1929. After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 1934, he was apprenticed to the artist Eric Gill. His seven allegorical figures for the library represent History, Law, Medicine, Music, Poetry, Science and Theology. 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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