Edinburgh

Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland

by John Gifford, Colin McWilliam, Christopher Wilson

The historic capital of Scotland is well known as a fortified medieval city with castle and crown-steepled church, its Royal Mile leading down to the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood; as a merchant city of the Stuart period with Parliament House and closely built houses and tenements; as a Georgian town with the largest sequence of planned developments in Britain; as a Victorian town of churches and banks, hotels and pubs, of quiet surburbs; and as a twentieth-century city where the Festival and its Fringe have encouraged the rediscovery of old buildings and the planning of new ones. A comprehensive gazetteer is provided to all notable developments of central Edinburgh, the seaport town of Leith and the suburban neighbourhoods.

Genres: Scotland

736 pages, Hardcover

First published April 2, 1985

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have been reading this since I came to Edinburgh over half a decade ago. This has been crucial reading, especially for various job interviews. The sections on Edinburgh Castle, Craigmillar Castle, St Giles and (for my latest job interviews) Holyrood Palace were well written and sink in quick.