86 George Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 January 1966. 5 related planning applications.

86 George Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
muted-joist-flax
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 January 1966
Address
86 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3BU
OS grid reference
NT 250 739
Coordinates
55.95255, -3.20175
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

86A George Street in Edinburgh is a late 18th century building that was refaced in 1832, with later 19th century shop fronts added. It stands three stories high with an attic and features six bays, with shops extending out at the ground level. The exterior is made of polished cream sandstone ashlar, with closely spaced bays. The ground floor has a unified corniced front, with a pair of modernized shops on either side of an arched doorway leading to the upper floors. The first floor windows are adorned with architraves and cornices, and there is a cornice and blocking course at the top. Flanking the central dormer are two later 19th century canted corniced piend-roofed dormers that are similar to the bipartite dormer in the middle.

The rear elevation is constructed of coursed rubble and features a full-height bow on the eastern side. The building has timber sash and case windows with 12 panes. The roof is finished with ashlar coped skews, rendered stacks, and grey slates.

Inside, the eastern shop (No 86) includes a top-lit saloon at the rear, while the western shop also extends to the rear.

Local climate

86 George Street, 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 — 5 applications
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