49, 50 And 51 George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Tenement block. 3 related planning applications.

49, 50 And 51 George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
moated-chamber-briar
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 December 1979
Type
Tenement block
Address
49, 50 And 51 George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EJ
OS grid reference
NT 256 734
Coordinates
55.94801, -3.19155
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

49, 50, and 51 George IV Bridge is a tenement block built in 1861 by Henry Hardy of Smith and Hardy Partners. This three-storey building with an attic faces George IV Bridge and features shops on the ground floor. The structure drops seven storeys towards Cowgate and Merchant Street at the rear. It is constructed from polished ashlar and has stop-moulded arrises, a cornice, and a blocking course. The north and south elevations have broad, shouldered wall-head gables, with a round-arched window at the centre, flanked by stacks that are incorporated into the wall-head and bracketed beneath the cornice. The ground floor accommodates commercial premises facing Cowgate and Merchant Street.

The building predominantly features four-paned glazing in timber sash and case windows with horns. It has a slate roof, end and rear wall-head stacks, and coped skews.

Local climate

49, 50 And 51 George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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