Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

117 TO 121 GEORGE STREET, CHURCH OF SCOTLAND OFFICESLB28855

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
A
Date Added
13/01/1966
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 24864 73946
Coordinates
324864, 673946

Description

Sydney Mitchell & Wilson, 1909-11; additional E bay by Auldjo Jamieson & Arnott, 1932. Massive 4-storey 4-bay H-plan office advanced from street line with double attic in mansard roof. Polished granite arcade at ground; upper floors with channelled rustication of polished cream ashlar sandstone. Symmetrical original block seamlessly extended to E. Central arched and rusticated doorpiece with elaborate bronze festoon and consoled cornice, surmounted by stylised glazed 2-bay Egyptian colonnade with tall cornice and huge bronze escutcheon with winged supporters. Flanking 3-bay Greek Doric arcade framed by channelled piers; further 3-bay arcade to E; plate glass glazing behind (shop to E). At 1st floor and 2nd floors windows grouped 3-2-3 (3); square-headed at 1st floor, round-headed at 2nd floor; elaborate bronze festoon above centre window at 2nd floor with 3 flag poles. Dwarf Doric colonnade to 3rd floor with deep set glazing (14-bay to main block, 2 blind and further 5 bays to E). Lead coated parapet with rams heads projects over arcade. Mansard with 12 segmental-headed garlanded lead dormers, and 6 similar round-headed garret windows.

Inner facades faced with glazed bricks; extensive fenestration (much renewed), partly arcaded at ground.

Regular rear elevation of squared, snecked and stugged sandstone;

5 full storeys and attic. Arcaded windows to main block at ground/2nd floor.

Timber sash and case windows; at front, 12-pane to 1st and 2nd floors, 9-pane to 3rd and attic; plate glass at rear (some replacements). Mansards front and rear with grey slates, leaded skews and platforms. Corniced ashlar stacks to end gables and at centre front; grey slates.

INTERIOR: at ground, lobby leads to square single storey hypostyle hall with quarter engaged polished black Doric columns and black and white marble pavement. Shop to E, chapel (by Ian Lindsay, 1953, with stained glass by A L Russel) resited in 1980s with modern meeting rooms to W. Link between front and rear blocks contains lift enclosed by stair; lined with ceramic ashlar and arcaded at all but attic floor; pair of black columns frame entrance to lift; metal windows. Simple offices to front and rear with open plan offices to inner elevations. Rear block with arcaded passages at 2nd and 3rd floors. Some glazed doors, cornices and chimneypieces (timber and granite) survive. 1932 work exactly replicates original.

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About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

If part of a building is not listed, it will say that it is excluded in the statutory address and in the statement of special interest in the listed building record. The statement will use the word 'excluding' and quote the relevant section of the 1997 Act. Some earlier listed building records may use the word 'excluding', but if the Act is not quoted, the record has not been revised to reflect subsequent legislation.

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