Edinburgh, 44 George Street
House (18th Century), Shop (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 44 George Street
Classification House (18th Century), Shop (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Leishman & Hughes; John Trotter & Co, Opticians; Trotters
Canmore ID 113210
Site Number NT27SE 744
NGR NT 25287 73999
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113210
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
REFERENCE
PLANS: Dick Peddie & McKay, Edinburgh;
additions; Dick Peddie & McKay 1964
New facade and interior of Trotters optician shop by Simpson & Brown (1985). Features spectacle-like [Ionic] capitals.
Preparatory work included a measured survey of buildings in Ostia.
Glendinning, MacInnes & MacKechnie 1996
Partner in charge for conversion: A Stewart Brown. Job architect: Mahdad Saniee. New shopfront of Douglas fir, except
for columns and capitals (hardwood). New internal fittings of plywood. Four interior columns of plaster.
Prospect 1985