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Edinburgh, Infirmary Street, Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh
Hospital (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Infirmary Street, Royal Infirmary Of Edinburgh
Classification Hospital (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Drummond Street
Canmore ID 118843
Site Number NT27SE 1580
NGR NT 26087 73384
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/118843
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 1580 2608 7338 Royal Infirmary
The original Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh stood between Infirmary Street and Drummond Street, and is depicted on the OS 1st Edition colour tinted 1:1056 scale map (Edinburgh, sheet XXXVI, 1854). Parts of the Hospital have been demolished and others are now owned by the University. For the successor to the Old Royal Infirmary at Lauriston Place, see NT27SE 480.00.
Information from RCAHMS (HMLB), August 2002.
ARCHITECT: William Adam 1745 -gatepiers now in Drummond Street
John Bryce -adaptation of Old Infirmary buildings in High School Yards as a Fever Hospital
James Hill of London 1755/6 -statue of George II (removed to Lauriston Place c1880)
REFERENCE: SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE
Payment for engraving of Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Thomas Smith, engraver. Wm Maitland.
June 1749 SRO/SC39/17/169
Building of wards in the Infirmary for servants sent there. Subscription of 5 Guineas. Noted in the personal account book of the 3rd Earl of Breadalbane.
1777 GD 112/21/81
REFERENCE: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND
Country Life January 3rd 1925 -photograph
NMRS LIBRARY
Scottish Field January 1966 p.33 -text and photographs
REFERENCE: NMRS HISTORICAL FILE
3 pages of text describing the development of the area around old Royal Infirmary and High School Yards -filed under "THE HIGH SCHOOL OF EDINBURGH, THE BUILDING OF THE SCHOOL OF 1777"
