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18-20 George Street, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9534 / 55°57'12"N

Longitude: -3.1962 / 3°11'46"W

OS Eastings: 325401

OS Northings: 674025

OS Grid: NT254740

Mapcode National: GBR 8NF.2B

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.WM5C

Plus Code: 9C7RXR33+9G

Entry Name: 18-20 George Street, Edinburgh

Listing Name: 18 and 20 George Street

Listing Date: 20 February 1985

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 367476

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28863

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200367476

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

W Hamilton Beattie, 1879; remodelled internally and extended to rear by Robert Hurd and Partners, 1978. 4-storey and double attic, broad 3-bay French Renaissance office. Cream sandstone ashlar. Projecting at ground; with panelled pilasters and consoled cornice; 3-bay shopfront to right with segmental-pedimented door with decorative console brackets and 2-leaf bronze doors in elaborately moulded architraves; single bay incorporating entrance to left; plate glass windows. Upper floors with canted pilastered window at centre; outer bays slightly advanced and flanked by paired pilasters. Entablature to each floor; pediment to centre bay. 1st attic storey with paired arched windows framed by pilasters and aedicules flanking centre bay; centre section repeats at 2nd storey.

Cast-iron mullions and transoms at 1st floor. 4-pane timber sash and case above, with iron mullions. Grey slates; ashlar coped skews, stone stacks.

INTERIOR: modernised.

Statement of Interest

Formerly the Standard Chartered Bank.

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