Royal Society Of Edinburgh, 22-24 George Street, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Office. 2 related planning applications.
Royal Society Of Edinburgh, 22-24 George Street, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- rooted-wattle-plum
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1970
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Royal Society Of Edinburgh, 22-24 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ
- OS grid reference
- NT 253 740
- Coordinates
- 55.95338, -3.19652
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Royal Society of Edinburgh, located at 22-24 George Street in Edinburgh, is an Italianate former office building designed by William Burn and David Bryce in 1843. It underwent internal adaptations by W T Oldrieve in 1909, and a lecture theatre was added to the rear by Robert Hurd and Partners in 1982. The building is three stories high and has five bays, constructed from polished cream sandstone ashlar that has been stone cleaned.
The facade features a pair of porches with Roman Architraved windows, supported at the ground level by panelled aprons. The outer bays are flanked by Doric columns that contain arched doorways with two-leaf panelled doors. A full entablature at the ground level includes a triglyph frieze. The first-floor windows are adorned with Corinthian aedicules and balconies, topped by a balustraded parapet. The building is capped with a modillioned dentilled cornice and a balustraded parapet.
Inside, the Royal Society of Edinburgh boasts a fine club-like atmosphere. The entrance hall spans the full width of the building and features a Roman Ionic columnar screen, leading to a delicate staircase on the east side. At the rear is a library, and the first floor contains a boardroom. Much of the original furniture has been preserved.
Local climate
Royal Society Of Edinburgh, 22-24 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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