Teviot Row House
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Teviot Row House (colloquially known as just "Teviot") is one of the Student Union buildings at Edinburgh University, Scotland. Run by Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA), it is the oldest purpose built Student Union Building in the world, having been opened on Saturday, October 19th, 1889.
Teviot was built in a 16th Century Scots architectural style with a crowstepped gables clasped by drum towers of the Falkland or Holyrood type but with large windows. It has large late Gothic traceried windows. [1]
It has five bars; a refectory; a debating chamber (used for functions), a dining room, and meeting rooms for student societies. During the Edinburgh Festival, it is used by the Gilded Balloon and is one of the biggest Fringe venues. Year of Construction 1887
[edit] References
- University of Edinburgh Building Profile
- No spirits and precious few women, Edinburgh University Union 1889 - 1989. I Catto, Editor.
