41 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. Commercial. 4 related planning applications.
41 George Street, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-lancet-khaki
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1966
- Type
- Commercial
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Circa 1775; refaced and extra storey added 1829 to scheme by Thomas Hamilton; alterations by John Lessels, 1875 and Hippolyte Blanc, 1881; major refurbishment and rebuilding by Hurd Rolland partnership, 1990-3. Dissimilar pair of 4-storey, 3-bay former classical houses built out at ground incorporating basement. Polished cream sandstone ashlar (cleaned with some replacement stone). Unified projecting 3-bay frontage at ground, centre bay recessed, with corner piers, dentilled cornice and balustraded parapet; right bay frames plate glass office entrance (centre and right bays modern copies of left bay). 1st and 2nd floor with architraved windows; at 1st floor centre windows canted and united with flanking windows by cornices (those to E slightly smaller with brattishing to centre); moulded 2nd floor cill course to W block. Dentilled cornice; 3rd floor with windows set in square recesses. Pair of slate-hung piend-roofed dormers with canted corners.
Extended and rebuilt to rear.
Timber sash and case windows; plate glass at 1st floor, 12-pane above. Ashlar coped skews; corniced ashlar stacks, rebuilt at centre.
INTERIOR: modern commercial interiors; shop with Blanc?s interior largely rebuilt by Hurd Rolland Partnership.
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