1823 – Melville’s Monument, Edinburgh, Scotland
Built in 1823, the Melville Monument is a 41 metre high tribute to Henry Dundas,
Built in 1823, the Melville Monument is a 41 metre high tribute to Henry Dundas,
Originally constructed between 1824-26, the Royal Institution (as it was until 1911) was extended in the 1830s to create the building we see today.
The National Monument was built as an act of deliberate folly and contrary to popular lore was not the result of lack of funds.
St Giles’ Cathedral, the High Kirk of Edinburgh, with its distinctive open crown steeple supported by eight flying buttresses mainly dates from the fifteenth century.
A fine facade with tall roundheaded windows masks a good galleried interior with cast iron columns.
A large Gothic church both in architectural style and for its dark brooding presence.
The Scott Monument was built between 1840-46 as a memorial to the writer Sir Walter Scott (1771 –
Formerly the headquarters of the Commercial Bank of Scotland,
Formerly the British Linen Bank but later a branch of the Bank of Scotland,
Constructed between 1855 and 1858 above and around three Georgian townhouses at 81,