11 St Colme Street, Edinburgh

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11 St Colme Street, Edinburgh
11 St Colme Street, Edinburgh

By renowned architect James Gillespie Graham, designed 1822. St Colme Street (right) is a near-symmetrical classical palace block with 4-bay terminal pavilions and Ainslie Place (left) is a classical terrace in oval form with terminal pavilions overlooking central gardens. No. 11 is the terminal pavilion linking the two. Polished ashlar sandstone; channelled V-jointed rustication at principal floor. Advanced 4-bay elevation, Doric pilasters flanking bays at 1st and 2nd floors, panelled pilasters flanking bays at 3rd floor. 4-panel timber door with plate-glass semicircular fanlight, in bay to right of centre at principal floor; windows in round-arched recesses in remaining bays at principal floor; regular fenestration to floors above. Flagged basement area.

The Moray Estate was designed for the 10th Earl of Moray (1771-1848). He inherited the 13 acre site from his father, after it was acquired from the Heriot Trust in 1782, and decided to feu the property for development in 1822. The complicated plan, with the crescent, oval and polygon of Randolph Crescent, Ainslie Place and Moray Place respectively, conjoins the New Town with the Second New Town. Building was completed in 1830-31.

11 St Colme Street is known as Ainslie House, formerly the home to the Old People’s Welfare Council, opened in 1941. It was originally used as a boarding school for young ladies and the house is named after the second wife of the Earl of Moray, Margaret Ainslie.

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Taken on: August 17, 2022
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Camera: LEICA CAMERA AG LEICA Q (Typ 116), f/1.7, 1/4000 sec, 28mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: LEICA CAMERA AG LEICA Q (Typ 116)
Lens: 28.0 mm f/1.7
Aperture: f/1.7
Exposure Time: 1/4000 sec
Focal Length: 28mm
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Contrast: High
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.4.1 (Macintosh)
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