1823 – Melville Monument, Edinburgh
Architect: William Burn
Built in 1823, the Melville Monument is a 41 metre high tribute to Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville.
1826 – Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Architect: William Henry Playfair
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.
1829 – National Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh
Architect: Charles Robert Cockerell
The National Monument was built as an act of deliberate folly and contrary to popular lore was not the result of lack of funds.
1833 – St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
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.
1835 – St Mark’s Unitarian Church, Edinburgh
Architect: David Bryce
A fine facade with tall roundheaded windows masks a good galleried interior with cast iron columns.
1844 – Tolbooth St John’s, Edinburgh
Architect: J. Gillespie Graham / Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
A large Gothic church both in architectural style and for its dark brooding presence.
1846 – Scott Memorial, Edinburgh
Architect: George Kemp
The Scott Monument was built between 1840-46 as a memorial to the writer Sir Walter Scott (1771 –
1847 – The Dome, Edinburgh
Architect: David Rhind
Formerly a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and now a bar, The Dome has a impressive sequence of interior spaces.
1852 – Bank of Scotland, St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh
Architect: David Bryce
Formerly the British Linen Bank but now a branch of the Bank of Scotland, this sumptuous branch is at 38-39 St Andrew Square.
1858 – Palm House – Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Architect: Robert Matheson
A magnificent Victorian Palm House with wonderful masonry topped by a graceful ironwork roof, the Palm House reopened in 2002 after a lengthy restoration.
