87 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 building.

87 George Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
spare-gallery-curlew
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 January 1966
Type
Commercial building
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Circa 1775; centre block rebuilt Hamilton Paterson & Rhind, 1901; redeveloped as one by Michael Laird & Partners, 1991. Pair of 3-storey and attic 3-bay former classical houses with twin shopfronts built out at ground (No 85 by Campbell & Arnott, 1991), flanking projecting 3-storey and attic block (formerly single house). Droved cream sandstone ashlar (cleaned), flanking polished red sandstone.

NOS 81 & 85: modern corniced plate glass shopfronts; lugged architraves to 1st floor windows; centre windows with consoled pediment, flanking ones corniced. Pair of bowed piend-roofed slate-hung dormers to each.

Timber sash and case 12-pane windows. Ashlar coped skews; stone stacks (rebuilt at centre - corniced ashlar - and to W); grey slates.

NO 83: channelled pilasters frame each floor. Modern plate glass 3-bay shopfront at ground; single massive shallow-arched window at 1st floor with bracketed cornice; pair of windows at 2nd floor (centre pilaster) with slightly canted 3-light glazing; cornice and 3 pedestals with ball finials (railings between). Massive full width 6-light dormer with return lights.

INTERIOR: completely rebuilt as 2 ground floor and basement shops and modern open plan offices.

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