Basic Site Details Name: | British Linen Bank, Head Office | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Bank of Scotland | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Bank | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 38-39, St Andrew Square | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1847 | 1851 | | Completed | | 1929 | 1931 | | New east wings | | 1949 | 1955 | Reconstruction | New suite for general manager and war memorial |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | British Linen Bank | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | | | Fiddes, Valerie and Rowan, Alistair | 1976 | David Bryce 1803-1876 | | Exhibition Catalogue, University of Edinburgh | p92 | | Grant, James | 1883 | | Old and New Edinburgh | | vol III, p170 | | Groome, Francis H | | Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-85) | | Edinburgh, London & Glasgow: Thomas C Jack, Grange Publishing Works | vol II, p495 | | Malcolm, Charles | 1950 | A History of the British Linen Bank | | | | | RSA | 1931 | | | | 533 (Exhibited by Walker Todd) |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 31 August 1850 | VIII | | | | Builder | Early 1931 | CXL | | p1006 (Design exhibited at RSA) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtauld Institute | Conway Library | | Photograph of front sent to RIBA by Bryce in 1865 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 29707 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPm 1920/148/2 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William James Walker Todd: L no3917 (box 18); William Dey: A no5824 (stored under F5124, combined box 58); F no5124 (combined box 58) |
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