Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

78 AND 80 GEORGE STREET, NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANKLB28876

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
A
Date Added
13/01/1966
Supplementary Information Updated
28/03/1996
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 25089 73931
Coordinates
325089, 673931

Description

J J Burnet, 1903-7; altered circa 1936; restored by Ian Burke Associates, 1972. 6-storey, 5-bay Edwardian Baroque office (formerly department store). Polished cream sandstone with granite bands. Central 3 bays with flat proscenium arch framing 2-storey recessed portico, with pair of columns and fascia to ground floor (all fibreglass mimicking the original marble and bronze); with multi-pane glazing above flanked by similarly framed single storey entrances (that to right containing banking machines). Bipartite windows at 2nd floor with aedicules to outer bays. Giant order Ionic columns to 3rd and 4th floors, with through glazed windows. 5th floor eaves gallery supported by caryatids with domed end pavilions; balustrade and balconies.

Pavilion detailing repeated to return elevations.

White glazed tile 5-bay elevation to Rose Street North Lane, composed of glass curtains between tile piers.

Variety of timber and metal glazing. Corniced ashlar stacks.

INTERIOR: rebuilt as modern office block.

Statement of Special Interest

Built for the Professional and Civil Service Supply Association. The Co-op had the proscenium arch filled in an Art Deco manner in 1936, and this was removed and the building restored as best as possible in 1972. At this time it was gutted internally. The previous building on the site was the saloon of James Morrison, Cabinet Makers, created by David Bryce.

References

Bibliography

Academy Architecture 1905 part I. Gifford, McWilliam and Walker EDINBURGH (1988) p304. Valerie Fiddes and Alistair Rowan MR DAVID BRYCE 1803-1876 (1976) p95.

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.

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