Basic Site Details
| Name: | Edinburgh Café |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B Listed |
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| Notes: |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Café | ||
| Shop(?) | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| 70-71, Princes Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1886 | Design exhibited | ||
| 1924 | Closed | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Hippolyte Jean Blanc | 1886 | ||||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Edinburgh Café Company Ltd | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Cant, Malcolm | 2005 | Edinburgh shops past and present | Malcolm Cant publications | p23 (interior illustration) | |
| Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p312 | |
| MacLehose, James | 1886 | Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow Men who have died during the last thirty years … | Glasgow: James MacLehose & Sons | Volume 1 | |
| RSA | 1886 | 855 | |||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| British Architect | 19 April 1889 | |||
| British Architect | 27 September 1889 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 30146 | 70 and 71 Princes Street |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | ||