A proposal
IN 1774 a proposal to erect buildings on the south j
side of Princes Street—a lamentable error in taste
-it would have proved—led to an interdict by the
Court of Session, which ended in a reference to
•the House of Lords, on which occasion Lord
Mansfield made a long and able speech, and the
result was, that the amenity of Princes Street was
maintained, and it became in time the magnificent
terrace we now find it.
source-Old and New Edinburgh
