Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Flg- *93-—Library, 20 Portman Square. (For Ceiling see Fig. 49.) The Register House at Edinburgh was one of the most im-portant works carried out by Robert Adam in the North. Thebuilding was erected as a store-house for Scottish archives, in asituation in the New Town, directly opposite to the North Bridge,where it presents a main facade 200 ft. in extent (Fig. 195). In theyear 1771 the general drawings were prepared, but it was not untilJune 1774 that the foundation was laid by the Ri
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . Flg- *93-—Library, 20 Portman Square. (For Ceiling see Fig. 49.) The Register House at Edinburgh was one of the most im-portant works carried out by Robert Adam in the North. Thebuilding was erected as a store-house for Scottish archives, in asituation in the New Town, directly opposite to the North Bridge,where it presents a main facade 200 ft. in extent (Fig. 195). In theyear 1771 the general drawings were prepared, but it was not untilJune 1774 that the foundation was laid by the Right Hon. LordFrederick Campbell, the Lord Register for Scotland. The whole of. Fig 194. CHIMNEYP1ECE IN THE LIBRARY, 20 PORTMAN SQUARE.
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