Teviot Row House is one of the Student Union

Student union

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 buildings at Edinburgh University, Scotland

Scotland

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. Run by Edinburgh University Students' Association

Edinburgh University Students' Association

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 (EUSA), the building in Bristo Square

Bristo Square

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 is the oldest purpose built Student Union Building in the world, having been opened on Saturday, October 19, 1889 (construction started in 1887).

Teviot was built in a 16th Century Scots architectural style with a crowstepped gables clasped by drum tower

Drum Tower

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s of the Falkland or Holyrood type but with large windows. It has large late Gothic traceried windows

Tracery

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.

It has seven bars; a canteen; a coffee shop, a debating chamber (used for functions), a dining room, and many other meeting rooms available for booking by student societies. During the Edinburgh Festival

Edinburgh Festival

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, it is used by The Gilded Balloon

The Gilded Balloon

The Gilded Balloon is one of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's best-known venues, established by Karen Koren in 1986 in Edinburgh's Cowgate. When a fire destroyed the original premises, Teviot Row House in Bristo Square became the Gilded Balloon's main venue....

 and is one of the city's biggest Fringe venues.

Teviot has recently undergone a refurbishment programme which has included the creation of the Loft Bar on the Debating Hall level, and the conversion of the Library into a bar.

During the university period Teviot hosts a number of regular events that cater towards local students. These include an Open Mic Night, the Going Underground club night which specialises in indie music and a Sunday night Teviot Pursuit pub quiz which regularly attracts between 30 and 40 teams each week. On the first Monday after the last Friday of each month, Teviot also hosts MHXC- a monthly pay day celebration for past and present EUSA staff. Special one off annual events include a semester ending Christmas party and a Hallowe'en event which utilises the entire building.