View of No.21 and half of no.19
SC 1646260
Description View of No.21 and half of no.19
Date 1975 to 1976
Collection List C Survey
Catalogue Number SC 1646260
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 15127
Scope and Content George Hotel, Nos 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh The George Hotel grew from three plain houses built on the site by John Young in the early 1780s. After various remodellings that provided hotel accommodation, the whole building became a hotel in 1935. No 21, in the middle, shows the plain frontage of the original George Street house. No 19, on the right, originally three houses, had a Corinthian portico added for the offices of the Caledonian Insurance Company. Both buildings now form the George Hotel. By the late 18th century a number of hotels in the New Town offered elegant apartments, furnished to the standards of the best hotels in London. Here 'strangers of any rank may find accommodation suited to their wishes; and that upon reasonable terms'. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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