Roof of Waverley Market

Category

Library Item

Item no

2137

Title

Roof of Waverley Market taken from building called North British Station Hotel

Description

Princes Street, Edinburgh, and the top of Waverley Market with its rooftop gardens. Horse-drawn trams and carriages travel along Princes Street where the shops have canopies over their front windows. Also visible are the National Gallery, Royal Scottish Academy and Edinburgh Castle.

Artist / maker

Morham, George

Date

1885

Size

15.1 x 20.4 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Waverley Market, designed by Robert Morham, was built in 1872 to house Edinburgh's fruit and vegetable market. However, due to other uses of the Waverley Market the sale of fruit and vegetables returned to Market Street. This indoor market was lit by huge skylights among the formal gardens on the roof. It was demolished in 1974 and replaced by Waverley shopping centre, later called Princes Mall.

Photograph taken from roof of building in Item Number 2139.

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Architecture > Monuments > Memorial monuments

Business > Service industry > Markets

Places > Edinburgh areas > Princes Street

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(55°57′9″N, 3°11′27″W)

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