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The Upper Library is a magnificent venue for wedding receptions, corporate events, gala dinners, drinks & canapés receptions, product launches, or any event in fact, that warrants one of Edinburgh’s most breathtaking interiors.

Lined with classical pillars and casement bookcases, the room is surrounded by an upper balcony with ornate balustrade. Look up, and you’ll be transfixed by the lavish centerpiece – a classical cupola painting decorating the ceiling dome, while the vast Garnkirk Florence Vase is ideal for a truly spectacular floral display.

Furniture made especially for the room by the famous Edinburgh furniture maker William Trotter enhance a distinguished and stately setting in which to enjoy a cocktail reception or formal dinner. Guests cannot fail to be impressed with the room’s magnificent features, which include a massive stained glass window commemorating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. 
It is a wonderful, timelessly elegant room of real historical significance, making it particularly apt for life’s most memorable occasions.
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Featuring grand, imposing columns, intricate cornices, surrounded by the ornate balustrade of its gallery, the Lower Library is a splendid space that lends itself to all kinds of events. Following a £250,000 restoration of the stunning Library interiors including unique lighting, intricate gold leaf and a bespoke handwoven carpet, the Lower Library is home by day to ‘Colonnades’, Edinburgh’s most glamorous afternoon tea venue (the name is a reference to the classical pillars that grace the building). Building on the success of the annual summer Pommery Champagne Café Bar, this new luxury destination will offer the finest in food and drink throughout the year.

Adding to the unique atmosphere, the Lower Library is still a working library and lawyers can be found researching and studying there in daytime hours. However, by night and at weekends, this magnificent space can be transformed into the most magical of venues: perfect for a drinks reception before the main event in the Upper Library or enjoy aperitifs before sitting down to dinner in the Commissioners’ Room. It is also a very special setting for an elegant wedding ceremony. With a picture-perfect view through the Georgian astragal windows over Parliament Square and Edinburgh’s Royal Mile with St Giles Cathedral just steps away, the grand aisle leads perfectly to the decorative archway under which service solemnities can be performed. Whether you are looking for a unique wedding venue or somewhere to host a private dining experience we'd be delighted to discuss your requirements.

Lined with oak bookcases filled with antiquarian books from the WS Society’s collections, the Commissioners’ Room is an impressive setting for both private dining, business and board meetings, as well as special family celebrations.

With its imposing fireplace and open fire effect, this space is perfect for an intimate candlelit dinner, a private client evening or a unique family gathering. The Commissioners’ Room has hosted many events: prettily decorated with flowers it makes a lovely backdrop for small family wedding celebrations and anniversaries to christening lunches and corporate dinners. The book-lined walls also, however, make a suitably impressive, formal and private location for board and business meetings.