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Heritable Security Investment Co. Ltd, 123 George Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Latitude: 55.9525 / 55°57'8"N

Longitude: -3.205 / 3°12'18"W

OS Eastings: 324849

OS Northings: 673929

OS Grid: NT248739

Mapcode National: GBR 8LF.8P

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.QNZ3

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2V+XX

Entry Name: Heritable Security Investment Co. Ltd, 123 George Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 123 George Street with Railings

Listing Date: 12 December 1974

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 370874

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30104

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, 123 George Street, Heritable Security Investment Co. Ltd

ID on this website: 200370874

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Peddie & Kinnear, 1880. 4-storey, 3-bay Greek revival terraced office. Cleaned cream ashlar sandstone. At ground, pair of square Doric porches with panelled square columns and solid parapets; to left with panelled door, to right with glazed infill; tripartite window between. At 1st floor, aedicules with carved tympana and timber bipartite windows; cill course. At 2nd floor, substantial cill course, moulded architraves, panels between windows; cornice consoled and projecting above windows. Glazed pilasters at 3rd floor with alternating broad and narrow pilasters; cill and cornice courses. Heavy overhanging cornice.

Rubble rear elevation partly obscured by modern extension to No 125 (see separate listing).

Timber sash and case plate glass windows. Pitched roof at front with piended M-roof to rear; grey slates.

INTERIOR: entrance Hall with elegant mosaic floor. Consoled doorway to former telling room at front; elaborate compartmented ceiling with central oval. Central stair with quarter landings and cast-iron banisters. Principal room at 1st floor with enriched Adam revival ceiling and Ionic columned chimneypiece. Remainder largely institutionalised, with links to adjoining Church of Scotland offices at Nos 119-121 at upper floors. Basement and lift.

RAILINGS: dwarf wall to basement area between porches, with decorative cast-iron railings.

Statement of Interest

Built for the Scottish Amicable and the Scottish American Investment Companies. Now Church of Scotland offices, interconnecting with adjoining building (see separate listing 119-121 George Street). The site was intended for the balancing bay of the Church?s building.

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