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Edinburgh, 10-15 Princes Street
Cinema (20th Century), Hotel (20th Century), Town House (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 10-15 Princes Street
Classification Cinema (20th Century), Hotel (20th Century), Town House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 16 West Register Street; Palace Cinema; Crown Hotel; F W Woolworth's; Tontine Hotel; W Renton And Co
Canmore ID 115079
Site Number NT27SE 1087
NGR NT 25778 74016
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/115079
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 1087 25778 74016
Uncertain of exact location of 2 and 4 Princes Street
REFERENCE:
Sources: Dean of Guild Bundle 1807 January-May 16.4.1807
Pet. of Messrs Armstrong and Smith, clothiers
No 11 Princes St
Plan and elevation, unsigned - minor alterations
Sources: Dean of Guild Bundle 1813 January-June 10.6.1813
Pet. Andrew Rochead & Son, musical instrument makers
No 14 Princes Street
Minor alteration, lowering shop windows to floor
Plan and elevation, unsigned
Also on same day, petition for interior alteration
Sources: Dean of Guild 26.8.1813
Pet. Alexander Ainslie, saddler
No 12 Princes Street
Minor alteration, sunk floor into shop
Plan and elevation. Signed C B.
No.15 opened as the Palace Cinema in 1913. Designed by the architect R M Cameron. Closed 1955 and demolished to make way for the expansion of Woolworths & Co..
B Thomas 1984
Standing Building Recording (5 September 2011 - 2 July 2012)
Addyman Archaeology were commissioned to maintain a building recording exercise and archaeological watching brief on all ground breaking works associated with the renovation and partial demolition of the property at 10-15 Princes Street in the centre of Edinburgh. The building, which fronts on to Princes Street to the S and West Register Lane to the E and N, is undergoing conversion for use as a hotel. A detailed map regression undertaken by Andrew Wright showed a series of structures to have existed on site, most of which were removed by the 1920s. The first phase of works by Addyman Archaeology recording the fabric of the building demonstrated the N façade to be the only significant above ground survival from these earlier structures. The watching brief revealed that on the whole the present structure had been deeply terraced into the natural subsoil and directly overlay naturally banded boulder clays. Despite this, architectural fragments from earlier structures were recorded during the demolition works and a well was located during excavation in the interior of the building.
R.Cameron and K.Macfadyen, Addyman Archaeology 2012: OASIS-ID: addymana1-114140
