Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

37 ST ANDREW SQUARE, BANK OF SCOTLAND, WITH RAILINGS AND LAMP STANDARDSLB29706

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
A
Date Added
13/04/1965
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Planning Authority
Edinburgh
Burgh
Edinburgh
NGR
NT 25703 74109
Coordinates
325703, 674109

Description

John Young, after James Craig, 1781; internal alterations and rear additions by William Burn, 1823; David Bryce, 1847-51; and later 20th century. Symmetrical 3-storey and basement classical former house on corner site with forecourt of Dundas House. Polished cream sandstone ashlar (stonecleaned). Channelled basement, giant Ionic order to ground and 1st floors; entablature with fluted frieze, rosettes and dentilled cornice; full ashlar attic storey articulated by piers with ball finials at corners.

W (ST ANDREW SQUARE) ELEVATION: 5-bay. 3 central bays with attached columns, projecting entablature and urns to attic piers. Steps to panelled door with plate glass fanlight to left bay.

E ELEVATION: plain 3-bay elevation with corner pilasters and string course marking cornice. Outer bays blind. Wallhead stack.

Extended to rear.

Timber sash and case windows; 6-pane to ground and 1st floors at front, 12-pane to attic and side. Piend and platform roof; grey slates.

INTERIOR: interconnects with No 38 (see separate listing). Much altered but some details remain.

RAILINGS AND LAMP STANDARDS: cast-iron spearhead railings. Pair of cast-iron lamp standards to suit No 38.

Statement of Special Interest

Built by John Young to match No 35 (see separate listing) on the insistence of Laurence Dundas, who thus appropriated a very handsome pair of pavilions. The pilasters were omitted to the side. Acquired early in the 19th century by the British Linen Bank, for whom subsequent changes were made.

References

Bibliography

RCAHMS INVENTORY no 127. MacRae Her 39. Malcolm HISTORY OF THE BRITISH LINEN BANK. A J Youngson THE MAKING OF CLASSICAL EDINBURGH (1966) pp72-92, 234. Gifford, McWilliam and Walker EDINBURGH (1988) p326. Valerie Fiddes and Alistair Rowan MR DAVID BRYCE 1803-1876 (1976) p98.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

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