Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 14:00 - 17:00 OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 12990 Refreshments No Street The street address Heriot Row Postcode EH3 6HU Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess Yes NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Queen Street Gardens Central and East Districts Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1775 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.95597,-3.199613; Description An account of the resource <p>Queen Street Gardens were established under a private Act of Parliament in 1822, intending to safeguard the open space along Queen Street as communal pleasure gardens. Today, proprietors and tenants of neighbouring properties are entitled to apply for a key and the levies received meet the cost of maintenance and upkeep. The Centre District of Queen Street Gardens was designed by Andrew Wilson, Landscape Painter, inspired by the classical landscapes of Claude Lorrain. The gardens feature a stone pavillion in the Greek Doric style that underwent conservation in 2014. It is 4.25 acres in size.</p><p> </p>