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93 George Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9529 / 55°57'10"N

Longitude: -3.2024 / 3°12'8"W

OS Eastings: 325013

OS Northings: 673966

OS Grid: NT250739

Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.TK

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.SM7T

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3X+42

Entry Name: 93 George Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 93 George Street

Listing Date: 16 February 1976

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 367458

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28848

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 93 George Street

ID on this website: 200367458

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Original house circa 1780; reconstructed by Thomas Hamilton, 1833; shop interior A W McNaughton, 1900; restored by Robert Hurd & Partners 1980-82. 4-storey, 4-bay classical office. Polished cream ashlar sandstone. Rebuilt ashlar shopfront projects at ground with 4 full-height multi-pane glazed windows (that to right as door) and dentilled cornice. Arched windows at 1st floor, with slender cast-iron columns supporting balcony above. Architraved windows at 2nd floor, with decorative cast-iron railing to balcony. Dentilled cornice with 4th/attic storey of arcaded windows between piers; cornice and blocking course.

Timber sash and case multi-pane glazing. Rebuilt ashlar stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: Corinthian detailing. Front room at 1st floor with Greek revival detailing; panelled walls and marble chimneypiece.

Statement of Interest

McNaughton?s portico and other external alterations were removed during reinstatement of Hamilton?s scheme in 1980; the door to the upper floors was formerly to the left, with 3-bay shopfront to right; it also seems likely that the balcony was originally cast-iron rather than stone. Formerly the grocer?s shop of A Melrose and Co (who lived above) and whose fine saloon to the rear was demolished in 1980. A Group with No 91 George Street as a surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

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