History in Structure

Old Waverley Hotel, 42, 43, 44 Princes Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 55.953 / 55°57'10"N

Longitude: -3.193 / 3°11'34"W

OS Eastings: 325601

OS Northings: 673967

OS Grid: NT256739

Mapcode National: GBR 8NF.QJ

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.XMPR

Plus Code: 9C7RXR34+5Q

Entry Name: Old Waverley Hotel, 42, 43, 44 Princes Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 42-46 (Inclusive Nos) and 42A Princes Street and 1 South St David Street, Incorporating the Old Waverley Hotel

Listing Date: 19 December 1979

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 369518

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29504

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 42, 43, 44 Princes Street, Old Waverley Hotel

ID on this website: 200369518

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Hotel

Find accommodation in
Edinburgh

Description

John Armstrong, 1883. Busy 6-storey and double attic Free Renaissance hotel on corner site with shops at ground. Polished cream sandstone ashlar, with Peterhead granite shafts to windows. Traces of pilastered corniced shopfronts remain. Small corner drum capped by engaged domed tempietto. Facades framed by channelled pilaster strips (polished granite at ground). Alternate bays project slightly from 1st to 4th floors. Complex but regular blend of trabeated, Venetian and arcaded windows, with segmental pediments at 5th floor. Modillioned cornice; mansard roof with end pavilions; arched dormers to 1st attic and oculi to 2nd; brattishing lost. 8 bays to Princes Street; 6 to South St David Street, N bay bowed with ashlar attics.

Rendered rear elevation with open well and applied iron fire escape.

Timber sash and case plate glass windows. Grey slates.

INTERIOR: much altered but Dining Room at corner of 1st floor survives with elaborate plasterwork and fluted Corinthian columns.

Statement of Interest

A very tall building for its age, it was originally served by hydraulic lifts.

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.