Description

Mid 19th century, with alterations, 1900, by MacGibbon and Ross; converted to restaurant use by Malcolm Fraser Architects, 1998. Plain trapezoid-plan corner block, transformed in 1900 by the addition of circular-plan corner tower: corbelled out at basement level, key-blocked oculus to ground floor, broken-pedimented window to 2nd floor, corbelled to square with clock-faces to S and SE, fish-scale-slated broached conical roof with weather-vane, oriel window to E, and balustraded parapet. Coursed cream ashlar to principal elevations, squared and snecked sandstone to side and rear. 4-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate piended roof. Coped wallhead stacks.Cast iron down pipes.

Statement of Interest

Former Edinburgh Savings Bank, then Trustee Savings Bank, imaginatively converted to restaurant use by Malcolm Fraser Architects (Civic Trust Award 1998). A landmark building, with its highly visible idiosyncratic clock tower, on a prominent site beside the bridge and the Water of Leith. The bridge, originally a timber construction, was rebuilt in stone in 1786, widened and strengthened in 1830, and rebuilt in its present form in 1900.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17801984

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014