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Latitude: 55.9525 / 55°57'9"N
Longitude: -3.2012 / 3°12'4"W
OS Eastings: 325089
OS Northings: 673931
OS Grid: NT250739
Mapcode National: GBR 8MF.1N
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.SNT2
Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3X+2G
Entry Name: National Westminster Bank, 78-80 George Street, Edinburgh
Listing Name: 78 and 80 George Street, National Westminster Bank
Listing Date: 13 January 1966
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 367495
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB28876
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200367495
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Bank building
J J Burnet, 1903-7; altered circa 1936; restored by Ian Burke Associates, 1972. 6-storey, 5-bay Edwardian Baroque office (formerly department store). Polished cream sandstone with granite bands. Central 3 bays with flat proscenium arch framing 2-storey recessed portico, with pair of columns and fascia to ground floor (all fibreglass mimicking the original marble and bronze); with multi-pane glazing above flanked by similarly framed single storey entrances (that to right containing banking machines). Bipartite windows at 2nd floor with aedicules to outer bays. Giant order Ionic columns to 3rd and 4th floors, with through glazed windows. 5th floor eaves gallery supported by caryatids with domed end pavilions; balustrade and balconies.
Pavilion detailing repeated to return elevations.
White glazed tile 5-bay elevation to Rose Street North Lane, composed of glass curtains between tile piers.
Variety of timber and metal glazing. Corniced ashlar stacks.
INTERIOR: rebuilt as modern office block.
Built for the Professional and Civil Service Supply Association. The Co-op had the proscenium arch filled in an Art Deco manner in 1936, and this was removed and the building restored as best as possible in 1972. At this time it was gutted internally. The previous building on the site was the saloon of James Morrison, Cabinet Makers, created by David Bryce.
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