74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 South Bridge, Edinburgh is a Grade C listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. Department store. 4 related planning applications.
74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 South Bridge, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- rooted-pavement-rye
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1977
- Type
- Department store
- Address
- 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1HN
- OS grid reference
- NT 259 734
- Coordinates
- 55.94818, -3.18698
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
74 to 84 South Bridge in Edinburgh is an imposing, three-storey Classical former department store designed by John Lessels and John Paterson in 1873. The building features a striking advanced curved corner with flanking pilasters and is constructed of ashlar stone. Architectural details include cill courses, a string course, a deep concave cornice, and a blocking course. The windows have segmental and round arches with moulded architraves, some of which are keystoned. There are also windows with consoled cornices and cills, and balustraded aprons on the first storey windows. A notable feature is the tripartite corner window, which has stone columned mullions.
The first storey predominantly has nine- and twelve-pane timber sash and case windows over plate glass, while the upper storey features plate glass timber sash and case windows, with some boarded windows. The ground floor has plate glass windows. The roof is covered with grey slates and has a mansard design with rooflights.
Local climate
74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 South 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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