Skip to content
Home
Favourites
0
Advanced search
Shopping cart
0
Register
Log in
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
Subject matches "Horse-drawn trams" or its children
Back to search results
Princes Street and North British Hotel, Edinburgh
Unknown, 1907, Photograph, Postcard
Item
of 29
Princes Street and North British Hotel, Edinburgh
Princes Street and North British Hotel, Edinburgh
Add to favourites
Share
Item record
About this image
Related
Location
Category
Library Item
Item no
8313
Title
Princes Street and North British Hotel, Edinburgh
Description
This drawing of the east end of Princes Street and Waterloo Place shows the North British Station Hotel building. The hotel has ornate architecture and a large clock tower. In front of the Hotel there is a formal garden, laid out with pathways and flowerbeds. The north side of Princes Street is lined with buildings containing shops with canopies. Trams, horses and carts travel along the road. Pedestrians are walking along the pavements. Calton Hill can be seen in the distance.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1907
Size
8.8 x 13.9 cm
Type
Photograph
;
Postcard
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Princes Street is one of the main thoroughfares and shopping areas in Edinburgh. It was created as part of James Craig's New Town development and named in honour of George III's sons. With the exception of St John's Church there is no building on the southern side of Princes Street, allowing spectacular views of Edinburgh Castle and Old Town.
Edinburgh's Balmoral Hotel stands on the corner of North Bridge and Princes Street. The hotel was designed by William Hamilton Beatie. Its construction took place alongside that of the new North Bridge, and was completed in 1902. Formerly called the North British Hotel, it was owned by the North British Railway Company. It was sold by British Rail in the 1980's, and reopened in 1991 under its new name following extensive refurbishment. Its distinctive clock tower forms an unmistakable part of Edinburgh's skyline. It stands at just under 60 metres, with the clock face itself, designed by Hamilton and Inches, being taller than a double-decker bus.
Waterloo Place is situated at the east end of Princes Street. It is carried by Regent Bridge over the Low Calton ravine between Princes Street and Calton Hill.
Calton Hill is situated at the east end of Princes Street in Edinburgh. It rises to a height of 108 metres and is another of the city's hills created by volcanic activity. Several monuments stand on the hill. Most prominent amongst these are the Nelson Monument, built in the shape of a telescope, and the unfinished National Monument, modelled on the Parthenon in Athens.
Exhibitions with this item
Whose Town? Luca Scappaticcio
Other views of this item
Related images
Related subjects
Architecture
>
Architectural features
>
Clocks and clock towers
Architecture
>
Monuments
>
Memorial monuments
Business
>
Service industry
>
Shops
Landscape
>
Land
>
Hills
Landscape
>
Landscape architectural facilities
>
Gardens
Places
>
Edinburgh areas
>
Calton Hill
Places
>
Edinburgh areas
>
New Town
Places
>
Edinburgh areas
>
Princes Street
Places
>
Scotland
>
Edinburgh
Sport and leisure
>
Public accommodation facilities
>
Hotels
Transport
>
Infrastructure
>
Roads
Transport
>
Land
>
Horse and carts
Transport
>
Land
>
Horse-drawn trams
More like this