115 George Street, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 January 1966. House. 3 related planning applications.
115 George Street, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- scarred-arch-bittern
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- 115 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JN
- OS grid reference
- NT 248 739
- Coordinates
- 55.95262, -3.20441
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
115 George Street in Edinburgh is a three-storey former classical house built around 1790 by James Nisbet, with later alterations. The building features a basement and an attic, and has a three-bay façade made of polished cream sandstone ashlar. The ground floor has channelled rustication, while the upper floors are supported by giant fluted Corinthian pilasters, which are paired at the ends. A fluted band course with rosettes runs beneath the pilasters, and there is a swagged frieze, cornice, and solid parapet above. A fluted band course is also present above the first floor. The building has modern canted piend-roofed dormers and a full-height bowed bay at the rear.
The windows are timber sash and case with 12 panes, and the roof is covered with grey slates, featuring ashlar coped skews and stone stacks.
Inside, the upper floors are linked with No 113 and boast a very fine interior that showcases typical Nisbet plaster detailing, including a curving cantilevered stone stair with straight landings and an enriched cupola. The interior has been extended into a saloon at the rear. The cast-iron fleur-de-lys railings have been reinstated.
Local climate
115 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- 113, 113A George Street, Edinburgh
- 111 George Street, Edinburgh
- Church Of Scotland Offices, 117, 119, 121 George Street, Edinburgh
- 34 and 34A North Castle Street, Edinburgh
- 109 George Street, Edinburgh
- 36, 38, 40 North Castle Street, Edinburgh
- 2 Young Street South Lane, Edinburgh
- Sovereign House, 10 Young Street, Edinburgh
- 42, 44, 46 North Castle Street, Edinburgh
- Heritable Security Investment Co. Ltd, 123 George Street, Edinburgh