Royal High School (Edinburgh, Scotland) : Detail, street level entrance off Regent Road looking up at Doric colonnade
- Creator:
- Hamilton, Thomas, 1784-1858
- Published/Created:
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
south face of Calton Hill, Regent Road
1826-1829 - Materials:
- stone
- Notes:
- Formerly housed the school of that name (vacated in 1968). Part of the cost of the building was donated by King George IV. It was designed in a neoclassical Greek Doric style by Thomas Hamilton, who modeled the portico and Great Hall on the Hephaisteion o
- Variant Titles:
- Old Royal High School
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Britain -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Scotland -- 19th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Greek Revival
Neoclassical
Nineteenth century - Culture:
- British
Scottish - Accession Number:
- 1A1-HT-RHS-A10
- Coordinates:
- +55.953597-3.180253
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
schools (buildings) (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- buildings; institutional buildings; schools (buildings) architecture; Education; Restoration and conservation; revival styles
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Seven
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc. - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4349
- OID:
- 10460883
- PID:
- digcoll:2293205