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Excise Office, St Andrew Square, now Head Office of RBS
Smith, John, 1927, Photograph
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Excise Office, St Andrew Square, now Head Office of RBS
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Title
Excise Office, St Andrew Square, now the Head Office of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh
Description
A driveway leads to the entrance of an impressive office building. The structure has a large pediment and matching triangular stone arch decorations above the first floor windows. There are ornamental stone carvings at the top of the columns and in a line underneath the roof and a heraldic emblem within the triangular frontispiece. In front of the building is a grass area protected by bollards and railings in which is placed the statue of a man and a horse on a rectangular stone plinth.
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Smith, John
Date
1927
Size
20.1 x 15 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This is a photograph from the book 'Origin, nomenclature and location of various houses and streets in Edinburgh'. St Andrew Square is located at the west end of George Street. It is home to the head office of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The Melville Monument, built in memory of Henry Dundas, stands in its centre. Edinburgh's main bus terminus is located on its east side. The Royal Bank of Scotland premises at 35 St Andrew Square were designed by Sir William Chambers and built in 1771 as a house for Sir Lawrence Dundas. James Craig had intended the site to be occupied by a church, mirroring the one on the west side of Charlotte Square, but Dundas foiled these plans. The building was subsequently occupied by the Excise Office from 1794 and the Royal Bank of Scotland from 1825.
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