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Former Usher Institute, Edinburgh
Former Usher Institute, Edinburgh

By Leadbetter and Fairley, 1899-1902. Usher Institute of Public Health, now converted for residential use, in Renaissance palazzo style with Beaux Arts detailing. 3-storey; recessed central block with pavilion wings. Base course; cill courses at 1st and 2nd floors; deep bracketted eaves cornice; banded ground floor; keystoned segmental-arched windows to ground floor of pavilions; lugged architraved surrounds to 2nd floor windows. Giant order Ionic pilasters to pavilions.

In 1898 Sir John Usher of Norton endowed a chair of Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, and promised to build and equip suitable laboratories and classrooms once a professor had been appointed. The resulting building was the John Usher Institute of Public Health. Although the Institute was to be administered by the University, Sir John made it clear in his deed of gift that "the said Institute should be made useful to the Public Health Administration of the City of Edinburgh.” The interior contained various teaching and research rooms, analysis rooms for gas and water, optical and balance rooms, and bacteriological and chemical laboratories. There was also a flat in the basement for the Janitor. The current Usher Institute is located in the Little France campus of the University of Edinburgh and today is “dedicated to improving the health of individuals and populations locally and globally through research, innovation, knowledge exchange and education.”

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Taken on: January 29, 2017
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Camera: Leica Camera AG M9 Digital Camera, f/3.4, 1/60 sec, 28mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Leica Camera AG M9 Digital Camera
Lens: Leica Summicron-M 28mm f/2 ASPH.
Aperture: f/3.4
Exposure Time: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length: 28mm
ISO: 160
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Center-weighted average
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 14.0 (Macintosh)
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