Architecture Notes

Event ID 1158528

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

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This site record relates to the second High School of Edinburgh built at High School Yards, designed by the architect Alexander Laing and begun 1777.

For the predecessor building see NT27SE 1578 (Canmore ID 118777). The building was then succeeded in 1825 by the Royal High School, Regent Road - see NT27SE 349 (Canmore ID 52379).

REFERENCE: SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE

Erection of a new High School. Subscription pamphlet illustrated by a print of a drawing of the elevation of the West Front. List of Subscribers accompanies Sir William Forbes' letter.

1777 GD 18/5834