Page 115 - John Smith's Houses and Streets in Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

18320

Title

Page 115 from John Smith's Houses and Streets in Edinburgh

Description

Excerpt from page "Waterloo Hotel 1825 - To be let the Waterloo Tavern, Coffee room and Hotel, Waterloo Place, Regent Bridge, Edinburgh. This splendid and extensive establishment was built by subscription in 1819 and cost upwards of £30,000 situated in the street forming the new access to the city from the London Road. It is considered among the finest establishments in Great Britain, and was retained for the use of the Kings Household during his Majesty's visit to Scotland....." Edinburgh Evening Courant January 1 1825.

Artist / maker

Smith, John

Date

1927

Size

32 x 20 cm

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This is a page from the book 'Origin, nomenclature and location of various houses and streets in Edinburgh' by John Smith.

The Waterloo Hotel, a category A listed Georgian building was designed by the Scottish architect Archibald Elliot (1761-1823) and constructed between 1815 and 1819. It contained fifty bedrooms, a coffee room, three dining rooms and a large ballroom. In the 1970s, long after the hotel ceased trading, the ballroom was demolished to accommodate an extension, but the cupola (domed window in the ceiling), which would have filled the ballroom with light, has been preserved and can still be seen on the 8th floor of the building.

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