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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The New Town, shown in light brown This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. For the main list, see List of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh. Boundaries The New Town is defined here as the area shown ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Edinburgh shown within Scotland Sketch map of Edinburgh. The Old Town (dark brown) and New Town (light brown) areas are separately listed This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh, Scotland. This list contains all buildings outside ...
The suburb includes streets which are renowned for their pricey properties, and it is home to some of Scotland's richest people, [1] [3] top lawyers and businessmen. [3] Whitehouse Terrace, in the Grange area of the Capital, was named as the priciest postcode in Zoopla's 'Rich List for 2021'.
At that time, the terrace at the western end of the road was the last row of houses in Edinburgh before the village of Blackhall. In 1894 the builder Sir James Steel bought the then empty 33-acre (13.5-hectare) site between Comely Bank and Queensferry Road and developed it as high density but high quality four storey tenements.
Regent Terrace is a residential street of 34 classical 3-bay townhouses built on the upper south side of Calton Hill in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Regent Terrace is within the Edinburgh New and Old Town UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1995.
West Port, the old route out of Edinburgh to the west; Grassmarket, the area to the south-west; Edinburgh Castle; The Cowgate, the lower southern section of the town [4] Canongate, a name correctly applied to the whole eastern district; Holyrood, the area containing Holyrood Palace and Holyrood Abbey; Croft-An-Righ, a group of buildings north ...
The Moray Estate in Edinburgh The rear of the Moray Estate overlooking the gardens on the Water of Leith Detail of 1845 OS map showing St Stephens Free church on Wemyss Place. The Moray Estate, also known as the Moray Fey, is an early 19th century building venture attaching the west side of the New Town, Edinburgh. Built on an awkward and ...
Plan for the New Town by James Craig (1768) A design competition was held in January 1766 to find a suitably modern layout for the new suburb. It was won by 26-year-old James Craig, who, following the natural contours of the land, proposed a simple axial grid, with a principal thoroughfare along the ridge linking two garden squares.