Geograph - photograph every grid square

On the left is the pavilion roof of the Edinburgh Central Public Library, built in the 1880s, with a "two-stage octagonal lantern derived from the Hotel d'Ecoville at Caen". The building really stands on Cowgate, way below the bridge.

Nearer is the Augustine United church at the corner of Merchant Street, with its tower (with 8 ball-finials) surmounted by "a frivolous pagoda spire of three diminishing octagonal stages; at the second, a boldly cantilevered balcony with ironwork balustrade".

Seen from the National Museum of Scotland's roof terrace.

Quotes from "Edinburgh" (Buildings of Scotland): John Gifford, Colin McWilliam, David Walker, Penguin, rev 1991.