The 18th century is the century of the Scottish Enlightenment, which brought in notable figures such as Adam Smith the economist or Robert Adam, the famous Neo-Classic Architect.
This is the century that brought the expansion of Edinburgh through the construction of the New Town, a large area built in a fabulous Neo-Classical style, using an urban discourse of great scholarship and developing a successive series of streets, squares, terraces, crescents and circus.
In Robert Adam's remarkable Charlotte Square, you can visit a National Trust house furnished and decorated in a pure Georgian style and illustrative of the everyday life of the time.