Edinburgh, 78-80 George Street, National Westminster Bank
Bank (Financial) (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 78-80 George Street, National Westminster Bank
Classification Bank (Financial) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Professional Civil Service Association
Canmore ID 113232
Site Number NT27SE 766
NGR NT 25097 73944
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113232
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 766 25097 73944
Location formerly entered as NT 25089 73931.
Architect: Sir John James Burnet 1903-7 (Originally built for the Profession and Civil Service Association)
NMRS REFERENCE:
PLANS:
Professional & Civil Service Supply Association
Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh new
Attic 2, Bin 21, Bag 2 8 Dyeline prints 1804
J Burnet & Son
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (13 March 2002)
Four female figures representing the four seasons:
Spring - holds an urn.
Summer - with flowers and fruit held in crook of left arm; semi-naked.
Autumn - holding wheat sheaf [?] in right arm.
Winter - cloaked and hooded with both hands at her right shoulder. Looking to her left.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None Visible
Design period : 1903-1907
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0663)
Field Visit (13 March 2002)
1st floor - above windows on outer bays, a cartouche (two in total) decorated with a thistle, with a garland of fruit and flowers running behind cartouche.
2nd floor - Two cartouches in broken, open segmental pediments - E. bay: a lion rampant on the cartouche, a swag of fruit below. W. bay: arms (of Edinburgh ?) - a castle with an anchor above, on cartouche, swag of fruit below.
4th floor - in the centre of each of the four capitals is a grotesque mask with swags of fruit below.
Top floor - above round windows on outer bays (below domes) are a pair of winged cherubs supporting a bearded male head (ywo groups in total).
Below corner domes - either side of four carved panels are two rams' heads (eight in total).
Above the four seasons are seven lions' heads painted gold.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : Below each corner dome are two carved panels (4 in total) carved with entwined raised letters: PCS
Signatures : None
Design period : 1903 - 1907
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0664)
