Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . jrr-f ). iPAmiLE£ Irctm ttie Cowo-ac< PARLIAMENT HOUSE. This building occupies the west and a part of the south side ofParliament Square, the remaining portions of it being filledby St. Giless Church, and by dwelling houses, remarkablefor being twelve stories high behind, while they are only six infront. The Parliament House is an irregular structure, partof which was begun in 1631, and completed in 1640, at anexpense of £11,600 sterling. The other part is of a muchmore recent date. The whole, which has been altered at dif-ferent times, forms th
Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity; . jrr-f ). iPAmiLE£ Irctm ttie Cowo-ac< PARLIAMENT HOUSE. This building occupies the west and a part of the south side ofParliament Square, the remaining portions of it being filledby St. Giless Church, and by dwelling houses, remarkablefor being twelve stories high behind, while they are only six infront. The Parliament House is an irregular structure, partof which was begun in 1631, and completed in 1640, at anexpense of £11,600 sterling. The other part is of a muchmore recent date. The whole, which has been altered at dif-ferent times, forms the figure of an L, and is 133 feet longby 98 broad, at its wider, and 60 in its narrower to the depression of the back part of the site, theheight of this side is 60, while that of the other is only 40 flight of steps called the back stairs, conducts from Cowgateand the back part of the Parliament House to the front of by the principal door, we pass through a lobby, andare introduced into the great hall, an apart
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