Notable Buildings
Buildings by date of completion:
- Old College, University of Edinburgh, 1791-1827 (Old College faces onto South Bridge, and predates the construction of Chambers Street; the facade to Chambers Street is noticeably flat for a building designed variously by Robert Adam and William Henry Playfair)
- Minto House, 1878, now the University of Edinburgh Department of Architecture
- Royal Museum, 1888
- Adam House, University of Edinburgh, 1953 (designed by William Kininmonth)
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court, 1995
- Museum of Scotland, 1998
- Former Edinburgh Dental Hospital and School
Coordinates: 55°56′51.39″N 3°11′19.75″W / 55.9476083°N 3.1888194°W / 55.9476083; -3.1888194
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