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Latitude: 55.9385 / 55°56'18"N
Longitude: -3.1813 / 3°10'52"W
OS Eastings: 326305
OS Northings: 672345
OS Grid: NT263723
Mapcode National: GBR 8RL.2P
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.3ZCV
Plus Code: 9C7RWRQ9+9F
Entry Name: Filling Station, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43 Causewayside, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 35-43 (Odd Nos) Causewayside, Garage
Listing Date: 2 February 1990
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 371037
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30227
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43 Causewayside, Filling Station
ID on this website: 200371037
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Garage
Basil Spence with technical engineering detail by George Fraser. 1933-34. Infill garage front in International Modern style. White rendered concrete.
W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: deep cantilevers on pair stanchions carrying offices above garage forecourt; office front set back slightly from wall-plane of tenements; full length strip-glazing divided by 2 fins (corresponding with cantilevers) breaking eaves and bearing original Art Deco sign ("Garage"). Petrol pumps on an island set between the principal stanchions re-located in 1961.
Spence's alternative scheme for a complete building -including a circular office suite in the style of Le Corbusier- illustated in his 1933 crayon perspectives (see RCAHMS Jubilee Collection, p56 Edwards and p69 McKean). Plain rear wing to Blackwood Crescent not included in listing.
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