Description

Original house circa 1780; reconstructed by Thomas Hamilton, 1833; shop interior A W McNaughton, 1900; restored by Robert Hurd & Partners 1980-82. 4-storey, 4-bay classical office. Polished cream ashlar sandstone. Rebuilt ashlar shopfront projects at ground with 4 full-height multi-pane glazed windows (that to right as door) and dentilled cornice. Arched windows at 1st floor, with slender cast-iron columns supporting balcony above. Architraved windows at 2nd floor, with decorative cast-iron railing to balcony. Dentilled cornice with 4th/attic storey of arcaded windows between piers; cornice and blocking course.

Timber sash and case multi-pane glazing. Rebuilt ashlar stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: Corinthian detailing. Front room at 1st floor with Greek revival detailing; panelled walls and marble chimneypiece.

Statement of Interest

McNaughton?s portico and other external alterations were removed during reinstatement of Hamilton?s scheme in 1980; the door to the upper floors was formerly to the left, with 3-bay shopfront to right; it also seems likely that the balcony was originally cast-iron rather than stone. Formerly the grocer?s shop of A Melrose and Co (who lived above) and whose fine saloon to the rear was demolished in 1980. A Group with No 91 George Street as a surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh?s New Town, one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17806575

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]