Summary Record

Date 14 February 2012

Event ID 884427

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Summary Record

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/884427

Built by Tarbolton & Ochterlony, 1934-6, opening in 1936 as a restaurant and recreation centre for the destitute population of Edinburgh, though the Canongate entrance was at one stage a retail address. The Canongate frontage makes a nod to its surroundings with C17th detailing, the New Street frontage is of plainer brickwork.

RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.