Glasgow: the Royal Infirmary, the cathedral, and Barony Church. Line engraving by J. Swan after J. Knox.

In the foreground the street called Rottenrow. Left background, the Royal Infirmary building designed by Robert Adam and opened on 8 December 1794 (Jenkinson et al., op. cit. pp. 18-21). Centre, the cathedral Church of St Mungo. Right, Barony church, the parish church of Barony parish, designed by Robert and James Adam and built 1793-1800. "The building's design did not meet with universal approval and Queen Victoria's chaplain Dr Norman Macleod (minister of the Barony Church, 1851-1872) described it as "the ugliest kirk in all Europe." " (The Glasgow story website, accessed 3 March 2011)