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City Chambers, Edinburgh

            By eminent architect John Adam; builder John Fergus, 1754-61, with later alterations and additions including Robert Morham, 1898-1904 (screen) and Ebenezer J MacRae, 1930-4 (extensions to wings). Four storey (ten storeys to rear) U-plan council building with open arcaded screen to High Street flanked by 13-bay wings. Craigleith stone ashlar, channelled to ground to principal elevations.

Arcaded ashlar screen to High Street: flat-roofed groin-vaulted seven-arched screen, channelled with urn-topped balustraded parapet. Armorial pediment with sculpture group and date (1903). War memorial beneath centre arch.

Originally built as the Royal Exchange for the city's merchants to trade in. Edinburgh City Chambers began as a complex of shops, printers, flats, coffee-houses and offices. The council kept ownership of only the north block which became the City Chambers after the old tolbooth was demolished in 1810. John Adam beat the Gentlemen of Mary's Chapel in the competition to provide the plans. However, the Gentlemen, three wrights led by the architect John Fergus, won the contract to carry out the work itself. Fergus altered Adam's plan and added an arcade, closing off the courtyard which was rebuilt by Morham.

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Edinburgh (show map)

Taken on: January 13, 2024

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Camera: Canon EOS RP, f/2.8, 1/4000 sec, 28mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS RP
Lens:	RF28mm F2.8 STM
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	1/4000 sec
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.1 (Macintosh)
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