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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Edinburgh
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>No</p><p>For events enquiries, contact Events Manager Philly Nicholson 0131 220 3249 (select 2). http://www.thesignet.co.uk</p>
OpeningTime1
10.00-14.00
ArchitectName
Wm Stark, Robert Reid, Wm Burn, Wm Playfair
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
9439
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Parliament Square
Postcode
EH1 1RF
Parking
No
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Signet Library
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
edinburgh
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1835
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.86362,-4.261207;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The Signet Library building (Lower and Upper Libraries), begun in 1810, designed by Robert Reid, with principal interiors by William Stark, was completed in 1822, in time for King George IV's visit to Edinburgh. The libraries are linked by a triumphal staircase by William Burn with a screen by William Playfair, 1819. The Upper Library has Corinthian column capitals carved by sculptor John Steell. It has been described as a 'classical cathedral', and by George IV as "the finest drawing room in Europe"!. The Lower Library is divided into reading bays. The west wing (Sydney Mitchell 1903), originally storage, has been redeveloped to provide more accommodation by Benjamin Tindall Architects, 1995. The building is home to The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet (known as the WS Society), one of the founding institutions of the Scottish legal system. Today the WS Society is a thriving professional body of practising solicitors.�</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1813