Regent Terrace
Regent Terrace is a residential street of 34 classical 3-bay townhouses built on the upper south side of
Houses
The name Regent Terrace was chosen because of the visit to Edinburgh in 1822 of
The houses were built as a terrace on the north side of the street, stepped down at intervals following the slope of the road. Originally, eighteen houses were of two stories and basement (although many have added a full third storey or attic) while the remaining sixteen houses were three stories and basement. The front elevation features continuous cast-iron trellis balconies while each house has a porch with fluted attached Greek Doric columns.
Number 3 Regent Terrace has been the United States Consulate since 1951.[6] Number 28 was originally the Free French House and was opened by General de Gaulle in 1942. Later it became the French Consulate and then the home of the French consul-general.[7] Number 32 was the home of the Norwegian consul-general until 2008.[8] The western end of Regent Terrace was closed to traffic in 2001 because of security concerns about the United States Consulate.[9]
House prices
Number 6 Regent Terrace was sold for £1,500 in 1831 and £2,700 in 1877.[10] Prices then dropped as low as £1,000 before World War II and rose to £2,000 at the end of the war, £4,000 by the mid-1950s and £400,000 in 1993.[11] In 2021 the average house price on the Terrace was estimated at £1.68 million, the highest in Scotland.[12][13][14]
People
The first resident was Isaac Bayley, a
The painter Sir
The author and mathematician
Listed by address
- 3 – Rev Dr. Maxwell Nicholson (−1874)
- 5 – Robert Gibb and William Gibb artist brothers
- 9 – William Gordon Dey (1911–) FRIBA, architect and his father Alexander John Dey FRSE
- 10 – Alexander Adie (1852–1858), David Masson (1869–1882) and Professor Sir Thomas Hudson Beare (1904–1940)
- 11 – Thomas Jamieson Boyd of Oliver and Boyd, Lord Provost of Edinburgh
- 12 – H. J. C. Grierson (1913–1953) and his daughter the author Janet Teissier du Cros
- 13 – Sir Isaac Bayley SSC (1826–), Sir James Marjoribanks(1966–2002)
- 14 – John Murray, 9th Earl of Dunmore (−1980)
- 16 – Sir George Dick-Lauder, 10th Baronet (−1936)
- 17 – Ronnie Selby Wright (1946–1995)
- 19 – Sir Robert Russell Hillhouse, Permanent Under-Secretary of State (2003)
- 20 – Ann Katharine Mitchell (1922–2020)
- 21 – Sir George Harvey (1854–1876), George Waterston (1959–1980)
- 22 – The French royal family (in exile) including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
- 24 – Sir Hew Hamilton Dalrymple (−1945)
- 25 Alan Stevenson, lighthouse engineer
- 26 – Lt Col FRSEbotanist in the 1850s
- 28 – William Erskine (1773–1852) historian
- 28 – Very Rev Paton James Gloag, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1889
- 30 – Lady Margaret Sackville (1930–1932), Francis Cadell (1930–1935)
- 31 – Dr John Fraser Commissioner of Lunacy for Scotland and later Duncan Menzies (c 1891–1910) architect
- 33 – Sir James Gibson, 1st Baronet of Regent Terrace (1880–1912)
See also
- Carlton Terrace, Edinburgh
- Regent, Royal and Carlton Terrace Gardens
- Calton Hill
- Royal Terrace, Edinburgh
- William Henry Playfair
References
- ^ Newspaper article mentioning the World Heritage Status of Regent Terrace, Howarth, Angus, "UN to investigate capital's wheelie bins", The Scotsman 2004-04-30. Accessed 2009-08-09
- ^ UNESCO World Heritage Site Inscription Accessed 2009-08-10
- ^ a b c Historic Environment Scotland. "1 Regent Terrace including Railings and Boundary Walls (Category A Listed Building) (LB29618)". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ Report on The New Town Conservation Area by Edinburgh Town Council Archived 8 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2009-08-10
- ^ ISBN 0-7486-6307-X
- ^ Consulate of the United States, Edinburgh, UK – Consulate History Archived 16 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 16 October 2011
- ^ Mitchell 1993, p. 67.
- ^ Mitchell 1993, p. 68.
- ^ Edinburgh City Council Traffic Regulation Order to make temporary closure since 2001 permanent[permanent dead link] Accessed 2009-08-09
- ^ Mitchell 1993, p. 44.
- ^ a b Mitchell 1993, p. 61.
- ^ Sold House prices for Regent Terrace Accessed 2009-08-09
- ^ Marlborough, Conor (19 December 2020). "Edinburgh street tops list of most expensive in Scotland". The Scotsman. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Hay, Katherine (22 December 2021). "Street fit for royalty stays top of price list". Apple News and The Times. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ Mitchell 1993, p. 45.
- ^ Mitchell 1993, pp. 45–46.
- ^ Mitchell 1993, pp. 47–49.
- ^ a b Newspaper article on sale of 21 Regent Terrace Diggines, Graham "For sale: tragic royals bolthole", The Scotsman, 2002-02-09 Accessed 2009-08-09
- ^ ISBN 0-85976-413-3
- ^ a b McCormack, Léo (Spring 2014). "The French Royals' Last Return to Edinburgh". Scottish Local History (88). Scottish Local History Forum: 25–31.
- ^ Mitchell 1993, p. 49.
- ^ Mitchell 1993, pp. 53–54.
- ^ Goold, David (16 February 2018). "DSA Architect Biography Report – Duncan Menzies". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ The Baronetage of England, Ireland, Nova Scotia, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Leigh Rayment[usurped] Accessed 2009-09-07
- ^ Mitchell 1993, pp. 58–59.
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- ^ "Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1905-6". National Library of Scotland.
- ^ a b Mitchell 1993, p. 62.
- ^ a b Mitchell 1993, p. 65.
- ^ Painting "30 Regent Terrace" by Frances Cadell (1934) Accessed 2009-08-06
- ^ "Scottish Baronet Dead Sir George Dick-Lauder", The Scotsman, 1936-05-08
- ^ "Executry Notice – All persons having claims against the estate of the late Sir George William Dalrymple Dick Lauder, Bart., who resided at 16 Regent Terrace..", The Scotsman, 1936-05-20
- ^ a b Mitchell 1993, p. 63.
- ^ Dunmore Family papers Accessed 2009-09-07
- ^ "Lord Fraser of Carmyllie". The Herald Scotland. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ (12 May 2001) Gran and her secret work on Nazi codes The Scotsman, Retrieved 8 November 2013
- ^ Mitchell 1993, p. 1.
- ^ Official website of Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies Accessed 2009-08-09
- Accessed 8 December 2009
- ^ "James Marjoribanks" (Obituary), The Herald, 1 February 2002.
- ^ "Sir James Marjoribanks" (Obituary), The Scotsman, 4 February 2002. Retrieved on 10 December 2009.
- ^ "The British Civil Service Permanent Secretaries and Other Senior Appointments Since 1900" (PDF). 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "The cavalier streak of 'cautious' Dewar". The Scotsman. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Key figures at the Fraser Inquiry". BBC News. 15 September 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ^ "Sir Robert Russell Hillhouse, Director". Nexok database of UK Companies. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
55°57′17″N 3°10′38″W / 55.9546°N 3.1772°W
Bibliography
- Mitchell, Anne (1993), The People of Calton Hill, Mercat Press, ISBN 1-873644-18-3