William Henry Playfair
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William Henry Playfair FRSE was a Scottish architect in the 19th century who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks.
Playfair's townhouse at 17 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh
Playfair's grave in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh
Statue of William Henry Playfair, Chambers Street, Edinburgh
Royal Terrace, Edinburgh
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Royal Terrace is a grand street in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the north side of Calton Hill within the New Town and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1995, built on the sout
View of the western end of Royal Terrace, from London Road Gardens, formerly Royal Terrace Gardens
A section of Royal Terrace at the west end of the street, with six Ionic columns. This contains two townhouses: number 4 with the central entrance and two bays to the left, and number 3 with the right two bays and an entrance in the un-colonnaded section to the right (just out of view).
Panorama of Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, reaching from Carlton Terrace in the east (extreme left), to Greenside Church in the west (extreme right) — this is probably the longest Georgian terrace in Europe, a straight, continuous structure measuring 360 metres from east to west.
40 Royal Terrace, the first house to be built in 1821–1822, an example of a two-storey townhouse (with basement and attic) in a section without Greek columns