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Latitude: 55.9487 / 55°56'55"N
Longitude: -3.1941 / 3°11'38"W
OS Eastings: 325528
OS Northings: 673492
OS Grid: NT255734
Mapcode National: GBR 8NH.H1
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.XR61
Plus Code: 9C7RWRX4+F9
Entry Name: Lamps And Steps, Railings, Victoria Terrace With Pavement, Edinburgh
Listing Name: Victoria Terrace, with Pavement, Railings Lamps and Steps Leading from Victoria Street to Upper Bow
Listing Date: 29 March 2001
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 395294
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB47901
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200395294
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Thomas Hamilton, 1829-34. Stone flagged pavement with drainage channel; decorative cast-iron railings set on low ashlar coped wall. Round-arched entrance to stone staircase with droved ashlar walls and cast-iron handrail. Wall-mounted and standard cast-iron lamps.
Victoria Terrace forms a pavement, built on the roofs of the shops in Victoria Street, leading from George IV Bridge to Johnston Terrace. Formerly the arcade which forms part of the ground floor of the Quaker Meeting House (separately listed) was mirrored at the corner of Victoria Terrace and Melbourne Place (George IV Bridge). Victoria Street and Terrace were part of Thomas Hamilton's plan for the new Southern and Western Approaches to the city. Hamilton was appointed architect to the Commissioners for the 1827 Improvement Act, and carried out the 2 major town planning initiatives for which they were responsible - the W approach - King's Bridge and Johnston Terrace, and the S approach - George IV Bridge, and the link to the Grassmarket - Victoria Street. In 1998 Victoria Terrace was restored by the Old Town Renewal Trust.
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