Rodney Street tunnel, Edinburgh © Jim Barton :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

2018

NT2574 : Rodney Street tunnel, Edinburgh

taken 9 years ago, near to Edinburgh, Scotland

This is 1 of 5 images, with title starting with Rodney Street in this square

Rodney Street tunnel, Edinburgh

Rodney Street tunnel, Edinburgh

The tunnel for the former Edinburgh Leith & Granton branch to the north of the exit from the Scotland Street tunnel. Now it is in use as a cyclepath.

© Copyright Jim Barton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Geographical Context: Paths City, Town centre Railways Derelict, Disused other tags: Disused Railway Tunnel Cyclepath Click a tag, to view other nearby images.

This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Street [768] · Edinburgh [584] · Leith Street [145] ·

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Grid Square: NT2574, 1815 images (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer: Jim Barton (more nearby)
Date Taken: Friday, 5 January, 2018 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 5 January, 2018
Subject Location: OSGB36: NT 2542 7495 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:57.7049N 3:11.7722W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NT 2545 7489
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)

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Discussion on NT2574

This NT2574 : Royal Bank of Scotland is the only building on the Square with a front garden. Not originally built (1771) as a bank, but as a mansion for Sir Laurence Dundas and apparently based on TQ1773 : Marble Hill House. There's a story that Sir Laurence lost it in a card game, but so wanted to keep it that he had a house of equal status built for his adversary.
It should have been the site of St Andrew's Church, to match St Georges NT2473 : West Register House, now West Register House, at the other end of George St, on Charlotte Square, but Dundas got there first - 'early example of the triumph of land ownership over good planning'. The superb Telling Room was added in 1857.
The equestrian statue is of John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun, with an inscription by Walter Scott, whose monument (fondly known as the 'gothic rocket') is on Princes Street at the south end of St David St NT2574 : St Andrew Square, West Side. The story goes that the statue was never paid for, because the horse and man are disproportionate in size, having been made in different workshops. It apparently took 10 years to complete - you'd have thought they'd have noticed the discrepancy!!

Posted by davidsdottir on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 (6 comments)

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