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The Royal College of Surgeons, Nicholson Street, Edinburgh 1832 William Henry Playfair Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh image © adrian welch Designed by William Henry Playfair (1790-1857) the Royal College of Surgeons was opened in 1832. The college is designed in the Classical Style. The College houses a library, the Anatomy Museum in the Playfair Hall, a Dental Museum and the Sir Jules Thorn Exhibition of the History of Surgery. Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh - south facade (left) image © adrian welch The Royal College of Surgeons is the oldest medical society in the English-speaking world, being founded in 1505. The Nicholson Street site was purchased because the Old Surgeon's Hall had become insufficient to meet the needs of the College. Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh - portico image © adrian welch Now part of the college is an adjacent building which once housed the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory. Lister, the Father of Modern Surgery, attended the College and is remembered in the Lister Room. picture © adrian welch, 2009 The Edinburgh’s Royal College of Surgeons is one of three professional, training and examining bodies for surgeons in the UK. Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh - entry image © adrian welch Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh architect - William Playfair Quincentenary Hall New building over three floors, adjacent to historic Surgeons Hall due for completion Autumn 2006 Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh - Quincentenary Hall photo © adrian welch Royal College of Surgeons Building - Quincentenary Hall Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh: Extension Building Benson + Forsyth Architects project: Royal College of Surgeons building images © Benson + Forsyth Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh: image © Benson + Forsyth Jenners RFACS - Royal College of Surgeons June 2002 case study - Extension 'From the street outside Surgeons' Hall, Register House might be seen to the north. To an architectural historian, it was immediately recognisable by its proportions and detailing as having been designed by Robert Adam. Similarly, this proposal would in the future be recognised as a building by Benson and Forsyth. Central Edinburgh could accept more current examples having such character and quality'. The Royal College of Surgeons site was originally a Riding School. Opposite the Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons is Edinburgh Festival Theatre Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh Edinburgh : back to index Comments / photos for the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh Architecture page welcome: info@edinburgharchitecture.co.uk Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Website : www.surgeonshallcomplex.com/quincentenaryhall.html