Old Observatory House.

Taken from the stair beside the Bendy Bridge at ST James Centre.

Notes:
Old Observatory House is of great importance for several reasons. It is one of the very few extant buildings designed by James Craig, the planner of Edinburgh's first New Town. It is a well-known landmark in Edinburgh and is a vital component in the group of buildings (of which Old Observatory House is the earliest) on Calton Hill which are both architecturally and culturally significant in the history of the city and the nation. It is also highly significant in the history of astronomy in Scotland. In addition, the roof of the tower of Old Observatory House was the viewing point from which the world's first 360' panorama, Robert Barker's 'Panoramic View from Calton Hill,' was painted in the late 1780s.