Charlotte Square

In 2013 the south side was redeveloped in an award-winning scheme by Paul Quinn, creating major new office floorspace behind a restored series of townhouses.

[2] In 1861 a plan was drawn up by Robert Matheson, Clerk of Works for Scotland for a larger, more square garden, centred upon a memorial to the recently deceased Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria.

[4] The statue was originally intended to go in the centre of the eastern edge of the garden, facing down George Street.

For the last three weeks in August each year Charlotte Square gardens are the site of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Changes to street levels, contours and surfacing to accommodate modern traffic caused controversy in the late 1950s and early '60s.

5 was the home of John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute (1881–1947), who bought it in 1903 and gave it to the National Trust for Scotland on his death.

It is one of the main buildings of the National Records of Scotland From the very inception of Charlotte Square in 1791, it was anticipated it would be one of the top addresses in Edinburgh.

[8] As the Victorian era commenced, the square was increasingly occupied by the elite of the middle class: legal and medical professionals.