Parliament House, Edinburgh

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courthouse complex historic building

Parliament House, Edinburgh is a historic building in Scotland’s capital that long served as the meeting place of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament and now houses the Supreme Courts of Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf courthouse complex ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
adjacentTo Royal Mile ⓘ
St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral
architect James Murray ⓘ
Robert Reid ⓘ
Sir William Bruce ⓘ
architecturalStyle Scottish classical ⓘ
city Edinburgh ⓘ
constructionStart 1630 ⓘ
coordinates approximately 55.949°N 3.190°W ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse law courts ⓘ
seat of the College of Justice ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
floorCount multiple storeys ⓘ
formerFunction meeting place of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
function seat of the Supreme Courts of Scotland ⓘ
governingBody Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ⓘ
hasPart Advocates Library (adjoining complex) ⓘ
Inner House courtrooms ⓘ
Outer House courtrooms ⓘ
Parliament Hall ⓘ
Signet Library (adjoining complex) ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
historicalEvent last meeting of the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
historicalUseEnd 1707 ⓘ
houses Court of Session (in peerage matters) ⓘ
surface form: Court of Session

High Court of Justiciary ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1639 ⓘ
locatedIn Edinburgh ⓘ
Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
locatedNear St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: St Giles’ Cathedral
locatedOn Lawnmarket, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Lawnmarket

Parliament Square ⓘ
material sandstone ⓘ
municipality Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh
notableFeature hammerbeam roof of Parliament Hall ⓘ
notableRoom Parliament Hall ⓘ
ownedBy Scottish Government ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Ministers
partOf Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh World Heritage Site
region Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh city centre
significance principal centre of Scotland’s legal system ⓘ
usedBy College of Justice ⓘ
College of Justice ⓘ
surface form: Faculty of Advocates

Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

College of Justice → hasSeat → Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland → meetsAt → Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
Scottish Estates → meetsIn → Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
Estates of Parliament → metInBuilding → Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
Lord President of the Court of Session → seat → Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ
Parliament of Scotland → sessionChamber → Parliament House, Edinburgh ⓘ