View from WSW showing fountain with part of WSW front of palace in background
SC 792524
Description View from WSW showing fountain with part of WSW front of palace in background
Date 1979
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 792524
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, from south-west This view from the south-west, taken in 1979, shows the James V wing of the building, with the main entrance, to the right of the fountain, surmounted by an imperial crown. The fountain was built in 1858-9 to designs by Robert Matheson, based on the Cross Well at Linlithgow of 1628. David I established the abbey of Holyrood in 1128, and probably used the guest house as a residence. It seems likely that it was a regular royal residence by the early 14th century, and James II was born in Holyrood in 1426. The first true palace here was built by James IV in 1501-5. This palace has a complex building history. The oldest surviving part is the north-west tower, built in 1528-32 by John Ayton for James V. The rest of the palace, constructed round an arcaded courtyard, was designed by Sir William Bruce and Robert Mylne for Charles II, and built in the 1670s. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference CTH113
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