Moray Place

Category

Library Item

Item no

21470

Title

Moray Place

Description

Pencil sketch showing the garden and buildings of Moray Place in the New Town. The garden has a lawn which is interspersed with shrubbery and a few trees. There is a large circular bed of plants in the middle with a path around it. The buildings have many storeys and have many windows. Between the gap in the buildings a rural landscape with a few buildings can be seen with the Firth of Forth behind it, and hilly landscape of Fife in the distance.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1829

Size

16.2 x 24.8 cm

Type

Pencil work

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Moray Place was part of the mid-nineteenth century development which took place on lands feued by the Earl of Moray, immediately to the north-west of the first New Town. The plan was devised by James Gillespie Graham, and also includes Ainslie Place, Randolph Crescent and Doune Terrace.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Windows

Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Homes > Residential buildings > Tenements

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Gardens

Places > Edinburgh areas > New Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Plants > Trees > Trees

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