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Jenners Photographic Survey
Date 5 May 2021
Event ID 1118159
Category Recording
Type Photographic Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1118159
A photographic record of Jenners Department Store was made on 5th May 2021 as the building's owner took occupation of the building from the last tenants. The survey was undertaken prior to any proposed building works.
Jenners was founded in 1838 on its prominent corner site on Princes Street and South St David Street. After a fire in 1892 it moved into the existing purpose-built department store on the same site in 1895. W Hamilton Beattie designed the new elaborately decorated Early Renaissance style building. The building has developed in four major phases. The first phase consisted of the front shop onto Princes Street and the galleried great hall behind. In 1903, the second phase, a new block was added to the north by A R Scott, Hamilton Beattie’s partner. This extension seamlessly matched the façade of the earlier building. Jenner’s then expanded along Princes Street. This third phase extension was rebuilt in the 1960’s by Tarbolton and Ochterlony with the adjacent Mount Royal Hotel occupying the upper floors. The fourth phase consisted of a large extension along Rose Street designed by TW Marwick in 1960 which includes the rear entrance to Marks and Spencer. The interior has undergone some dramatic changes including the removal of the central staircase in the grand hall and the flooring over of the original front shop and tearoom atrium. More minor alterations have been almost continuous as shop fittings have been replaced, different products sold, and departments moved around.
The 2021 survey was designed to complement the Bedford Lemere photographic survey undertaken in 1895.
