Regent Terrace is a residential street of 34 classical 3-bay townhouses built on the upper south side of
Calton Hill
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in the city of
Edinburgh
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, Scotland. Regent Terrace is within the Edinburgh
New
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and
Old Town
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UNESCO World Heritage Site
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inscribed in 1995.
Houses
The name Regent Terrace was chosen because of the visit to Edinburgh in 1822 of
George IV
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who had been Prince Regent until 1820 during the illness of his father
George III
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. The terrace was designed by the architect
William Playfair
William Playfair (22 September 1759 – 11 February 1823), a Scottish engineer and political economist, served as a secret agent on behalf of Great Britain during its war with France. The founder of graphical methods of statistics, Playfai ...
in 1825 and built between 1826 and 1833.
Playfair designed Regent,
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, and
Carlton Terrace
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at the same time as part of an Eastern extension to the New Town
[Report on The New Town Conservation Area by Edinburgh Town Council]
Accessed 2009-08-10 that was planned to be even more magnificent than Craig's original New Town.
[ Playfair hoped to attract the "fashionable and wealthy people" to Regent Terrace.][ The houses are all category A ]listed building
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s.
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.[Youngson, A.J. (2001): "The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the borders", Chapter 9 (Calton Hill), ]Polygon Books
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, Edinburgh, UK, Thirteen of the houses retain the original three-ringed transom windows above the main doors. The terrace faces Holyrood Park
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, Arthur's Seat
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, Holyrood Palace
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, the Old Town
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and the Scottish Parliament building
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. The houses in the terrace are a mixture of tenures — most are privately owned and occupied but some are rented as holiday accommodation. Some of the houses in the terrace have been split into flats.
Number 3 Regent Terrace has been the United States Consulate since 1951. 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. Number 32 was the home of the Norwegian consul-general until 2008. The western end of Regent Terrace was closed to traffic in 2001 because of security concerns about the United States Consulate.
House prices
Number 6 Regent Terrace was sold for £1,500 in 1831 and £2,700 in 1877. Prices then dropped as low as £1,000 before World War II
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and rose to £2,000 at the end of the war, £4,000 by the mid-1950s and £400,000 in 1993. In 2021 the average house price on the Terrace was estimated at £1.68 million, the highest in Scotland.
People
The first resident was Isaac Bayley, a solicitor in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, who occupied number 13 Regent Terrace in 1826. Bayely's father-in-law Dr. George Husband Baird
George Husband Baird FRSE FSAScot (13 July 1761 – 14 January 1840) was a Scottish minister, educational reformer, linguist and the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1793 to 1840. In 1800 he served as Moderator of the Church of Sc ...
, principal of Edinburgh University
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, also lived there towards the end of his life. Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême
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(the elder son of Charles X of France
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, last king of the House of Bourbon
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and hence the last Dauphin of France
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) and his wife Madame Royale
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, (the daughter of Louis XVI of France
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and Marie Antoinette
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), moved into what is now 22 (then 21) Regent Terrace in 1830.[Newspaper article on sale of 21 Regent Terrace]
Diggines, Graham "For sale: tragic royals bolthole", The Scotsman
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, 2002-02-09 Accessed 2009-08-09[Mackenzie-Stuart, A.J., (1995), "A French King at Holyrood" John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, ] The widowed '' duchesse de Berry'', sister in law of the Duke of Angoulême, also lived at what is now 12 (then 11) Regent Terrace at that time. Her young son, Henri, Count of Chambord
Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (french: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) was disputedly King of France from 2 to 9 August 1830 as Hen ...
grandson of Charles X and next in line after the Duke of Angoulême,[ is said to have wept bitterly when his family left for Austria in 1832 as he had become very attached to Scotland.
The painter Sir George Harvey lived at 21 Regent Terrace from 1854 to 1876. Sir George was one of the founders of the ]Royal Scottish Academy
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The Academy was founded in 1826 by eleven artists meeting in Edinburgh. Originally named the Scottish Academy, it became the ...
, was elected president in 1864 and was knighted in 1867. The influential Scottish minister and author the Reverend Dr. Maxwell Nicholson lived at 3 Regent Terrace for most of his later life until 1874. The architect Duncan Menzies lived at 31 Regent Terrace from about 1891–1910. Sir James Puckering Gibson 1st Baronet of Regent Terrace was Lord Provost of Edinburgh
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from 1906 to 1909 and represented Edinburgh East
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In present form, the constituency was first used at t ...
in the House of Commons
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as a Liberal
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between 1909 and 1912. He lived at 33 Regent Terrace from 1880 and was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
on 23 November 1909. Sir James had no children so when he died in 1812 his title became extinct. Professor Sir Thomas Hudson Beare
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was Professor of Engineering Heriot-Watt University
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, Edinburgh, and University College, London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = ...
. He was also Regius Professor of Engineering in Edinburgh University
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and lived at 10 Regent Terrace from 1901. The architect William Gordon Dey
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was born at 9 Regent Terrace in 1911 and went to the Royal High School which was close by. A Regius Professor of English at Edinburgh University Sir H. J. C. Grierson
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He was born in Lerwick, Shetland, on 16 January 1866. He was the son of Andrew John Grie ...
lived at 12 Regent Terrace from 1913 to 1933. His daughter Janet (married name Janet Teissier du Cros
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) was an author who later wrote ''Divided Loyalties'' about her years as a Scottish woman in the Cevennes in occupied France during the war when the French resistance
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was active. The painter Francis Cadell, one of the Scottish Colourists
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, lived in 30 Regent Terrace from 1930 to 1935. Lady Margaret Sackville
Lady Margaret Sackville (24 December 1881 – 18 April 1963) was an English poet and children's author.
Born at 60 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, Sackville was the youngest child of Reginald Windsor Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr. She was a second ...
, daughter of Reginald Windsor Sackville
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, 7th Earl De La Warr
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, and second cousin of Vita Sackville-West
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lived at 30 Regent Terrace from 1930 to 1932. Sir George Dick-Lauder, 10th Baronet, an Indian Civil Service
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Administrator, lived at 16 Regent Terrace and died there in 1936. Queen Mary used to visit Sir Hew Hamilton Dalrymple
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Hew Hamilton Dalrymple was born on 2 ...
KCVO at Number 24. Sir Hew, brother of the Earl of Stair
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, Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire
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and Captain of the Royal Company of Archers
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, the King's Bodyguard for Scotland, lived there until he died in 1945. John Murray, 9th Earl of Dunmore
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The title was created in 1686 for Lord Charles Murray, second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. He was made Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet (or Tullimet) and V ...
lived at 14 Regent Terrace until his death in 1980. In 1993 Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie
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Fraser's mother died when he was 12 while living in Zambia, where his father was serving as a ...
, then Minister of State at the Scottish Office
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, was living in Regent Terrace.
The author and mathematician Ann Katharine Mitchell
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, who worked at Bletchley Park
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during World War II
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on the German Enigma
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cypher machines, lived for forty years at number 20 Regent Terrace. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
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As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music ...
, composer, conductor and Master of the Queen's Music
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, lived at 13 Regent Terrace until 2000. The actor Sean Connery
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and the Argentinian footballer Claudio Caniggia
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reportedly bid for 17 Regent Terrace in 2001 but neither succeeded in buying it[ The diplomat Sir James Marjoribanks lived at 13 Regent Terrace, from 1966 until his death in 2003. Sir James was British Ambassador to the European Economic Community, presented Britain's application to join the ]European Community
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in 1967 and was instrumental in this application becoming successful.["James Marjoribanks" (Obituary), '' The Herald'', 1 February 2002.][ "Sir James Marjoribanks" (Obituary)]
''The Scotsman
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'', 4 February 2002. Retrieved on 10 December 2009. Sir Robert Russell Hillhouse, KCB, Permanent Under-Secretary of State
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, Scottish Office
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(head of the Scottish Civil Service), was living at 19 Regent Terrace in 2003.
Listed by address
*3 – Rev Dr. Maxwell Nicholson (−1874)
*5 – Robert Gibb
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and William Gibb artist brothers
*9 – William Gordon Dey
William Gordon Dey FRIBA (1911-1997) was a Scottish architect. He was a partner in the influential firm of Gordon & Dey which specialised in college buildings and had a long-running working relationship with Moray House School of Education.
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(1911–) FRIBA, architect and his father Alexander John Dey FRSE
*10 – Alexander Adie
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He was born the son of Jo ...
(1852–1858), David Masson
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He was born in Aberdeen, the son of William Masson, a stone-cutter, and his wi ...
(1869–1882) and Professor Sir Thomas Hudson Beare
Sir Thomas Hudson Beare FRSE RSSA (30 June 1859 – 10 June 1940) was an eminent British engineer. He was successively Professor of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, at University College, London (where he was a colleague of K ...
(1904–1940)
*11 – Thomas Jamieson Boyd of Oliver and Boyd
Oliver and Boyd was a British publishing and printing firm that traded from 1807 or 1808 until 1990. , Lord Provost of Edinburgh
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*12 – Princess Caroline of Naples (1826–1832), Professor Sir H. J. C. Grierson
Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson, FBA (16 January 1866 – 19 February 1960) was a Scottish literary scholar, editor, and literary critic.
Life and work
He was born in Lerwick, Shetland, on 16 January 1866. He was the son of Andrew John Grie ...
(1913–1953) and his daughter the author Janet Teissier du Cros
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*13 – Sir Isaac Bayley SSC (1826–), George Husband Baird
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(1827–40), Rev Peter Hay Hunter
Peter Hay Hunter (1854–1909) was a minister of the Church of Scotland and a prolific author.
Life
He was born in Edinburgh on 10 September 1854 the son of James Hunter a paper merchant and his wife Ann Hay. Peter had a comprehensive univer ...
1896 -1900, Peter Maxwell-Davies (−2000), Sir James Marjoribanks (1966–2002)
*14 – John Murray, 9th Earl of Dunmore
Earl of Dunmore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
History
The title was created in 1686 for Lord Charles Murray, second son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. He was made Lord Murray of Blair, Moulin and Tillimet (or Tullimet) and V ...
(−1980)
*16 – Sir George Dick-Lauder, 10th Baronet (−1936)
*17 – Ronnie Selby Wright
Ronald William Vernon Selby Wright CVO TD JP FRSE FSAScot (12 June 1908, Glasgow – 24 October 1995, Edinburgh) was a Church of Scotland minister. He became one of the best known Church of Scotland ministers of his generation and served as ...
(1946–1995)
*19 – Sir Robert Russell Hillhouse, Permanent Under-Secretary of State (2003)
*20 – Ann Katharine Mitchell
Ann Katharine Mitchell (' Williamson; 19 November 1922 – 11 May 2020) was a British cryptanalyst and psychologist who worked on decrypting messages encoded in the German Enigma cypher at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. After the war ...
(1922–2020)
*21 – Sir George Harvey (1854–1876), George Waterston
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He founded the Inverleith Fi ...
(1959–1980)
*22 – The French royal family (in exile) including Marie Therese of France (1830–1833), eldest child of Louis XVI
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and Marie Antoinette
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*24 – Sir Hew Hamilton Dalrymple
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Biography
Hew Hamilton Dalrymple was born on 2 ...
(−1945)
*25 Alan Stevenson
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Alan Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on 28 April 1807, the eldest ...
, lighthouse engineer
*26 – Lt Col Edward Madden
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Early life
Madden was born in New York City and graduated from Fordham University. After graduation, he wrote material for many singers including Fanny Brice and ...
FRSE
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botanist in the 1850s
*28 – William Erskine (1773–1852) historian
*28 – Very Rev Paton James Gloag
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Life
Born in Perth on 17 May 1823, he was the eldest son of William Gloag (died 1856), ...
, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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in 1889
*30 – Lady Margaret Sackville
Lady Margaret Sackville (24 December 1881 – 18 April 1963) was an English poet and children's author.
Born at 60 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, Sackville was the youngest child of Reginald Windsor Sackville, 7th Earl De La Warr. She was a second ...
(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
Sir James Puckering Gibson, 1st Baronet (14 August 1849 – 11 January 1912), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1906-9 and Liberal MP for Edinburgh East from 1909 to 1912.
Private life
He was a son of T ...
of Regent Terrace (1880–1912)
See also
*Carlton Terrace, Edinburgh
Carlton Terrace (known as Carlton Place from around 1830 until 1842) is a residential street in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the east side of Calton Hill, at the eastern extremity of the New Town, Edinburgh, New Town, part of the UNESCO W ...
* Regent, Royal and Carlton Terrace Gardens
*Calton Hill
Calton Hill () is a hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, situated beyond the east end of Princes Street and included in the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Views of, and from, the hill are often used in photographs and paintings of the ci ...
*Royal Terrace, Edinburgh
Royal Terrace is a grand street in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, on the north side of Calton Hill within the New Town and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1995, built on the south side of a setted street, facing the slopin ...
*William Henry Playfair
William Henry Playfair FRSE (15 July 1790 – 19 March 1857) was a prominent Scottish architect in the 19th century, who designed the Eastern, or Third, New Town and many of Edinburgh's neoclassical landmarks.
Life
Playfair was born on 15 ...
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External links
Regent, Royal, and Carlton Terraces & Mews Association (RRCTMA) official website
{{Transport in Edinburgh
Georgian architecture in Scotland
Streets in Edinburgh
Category A listed buildings in Edinburgh
Calton Hill
Reportedly haunted locations in Edinburgh
Listed houses in Scotland