Teviot Row House, or Teviot (), is one of the student union buildings at the

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, Scotland. Run by

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(EUSA), the building in Bristo Square is the oldest purpose built student union building in the world, having been opened in 1889.

Facilities

Teviot has six bars, including ''The Library Bar'' serving food à la carte; ''The New Amphion'' café and bar with counter meals alongside meals à la carte; ''The Underground''

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; the union's original single bar, ''The Lounge Bar''; ''The Loft Bar'', complete with a roof terrace; and ''The Sports Bar'' with live sport and billiard tables. Other rooms include ''The Debating Hall'', ''The Dining Room'' and ''The Study'', alongside several smaller meeting rooms available to student societies. In 2014 the privately operated ''Teviot Print Shop'' was opened in the reception area.

Activities

During the university period Teviot hosts a number of regular events catered towards local students. These include Open Mic Nights, Monday Night Jazz, club nights and a popular Sunday night Teviot Pursuits

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. Special one-off annual events using the entire building include a Christmas party, the Graduation Ball, and a Hallowe'en party. The building also plays host to EUSA's regular democratic meetings and student society events. During the

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, the building is used by the Gilded Balloon and is one of the city's largest Fringe venues. It was formerly the venue for the Fringe Club, and in modern times is configured to create eight performance spaces, eight bars, and a café.

Architecture

Teviot was built in Hailes sandstone in a 16th-century Scots palace style with a coped crowstepped and pinnacled

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s clasped by drum towers of the Falkland or Holyrood type but with large windows. It features large late Gothic traceried windows. In 1905 the 16th-century style west wing, containing the dining hall, library bar and sports bar, was completed in squared coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. In 1962 a

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style extension was added to the rear, containing the study and the billiards room. Prior to construction the site housed Lord Ross's house, built c. 1740, which later became a lying-in hospital from 1793 to 1842.

Gallery

File:DSCN4535 Teviot Row House.jpg, The Library Bar File:Teviot Row House, Edinburgh, pen drawing, c1888.jpg, c.1888 drawing by architect Sydney Mitchell File:DSCN4537 Teviot Row House.jpg, The Debating Hall File:Teviot Row House dining room, Edinburgh (35260988702).jpg, The Dining Room File:The Garden at Teviot, Edinburgh Festival, August 2019 (48543895016).jpg, The Garden at Teviot, 2019 Fringe Festival File:Teviot Row Hall Study.jpg, Teviot Row House at night

References

University of Edinburgh Building Profile
* No spirits and precious few women, Edinburgh University Union 1889 - 1989. I Catto, Editor.

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