Edinburgh Photo Library
- St Andrew Square
St Andrew Square and Charlotte Square stand at each end of the broad sweep of George Street in the original design of the Edinburgh "New Town" of the late 18th and early 19th century. It became a major banking, investment and insurance centre and was described as "the richest piece of real estate in Britain" and "The Golden Square" as a result.
Unlike Charlotte Square, the ravages of time have not been kind to St Andrew Square - a bus station in one corner and a number of modern office blocks, detract from the Georgian elegance.
In the centre of the square is a monument to Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, who was described by Lord Cockburn as "the absolute dictator of Scotland". The monument was erected in 1823.
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