Edinburgh, 16, 18, 20 Waterloo Place, Old Post Office
Post Office (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 16, 18, 20 Waterloo Place, Old Post Office
Classification Post Office (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) General Post Office
Canmore ID 117824
Site Number NT27SE 1408
NGR NT 25990 74021
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/117824
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 1408.00 25990 74021
NT27SE 1408.01 cancelled site
Information from catalogue slip
Architect: Joseph Kay 1814-15, James Smith 1845
REFERENCE
Scottish Record Office
Letter from Sir John Marjoribanks Bt., to Lord Melville. He sends a new map of Edinburgh and writes about the need for a new P.O. building to be situated on the South side of Regent's Bridge on the East side of the arch and flanked on the East by the boundary of the churchyard. 84' x 50' space available. Lorimer is contractor of the Regent's Bridge. He has offered to take the old post office (site?) and to give the new one or the difference of (pounds)8,000.
1818
GD51/5/83
Note (28 February 2017)
The GPO referred to in the inscription on the duty stone was built in 1814 and was located at 16-20 Waterloo Place. Its replacement the (now converted) GPO building located at the foot of North Bridge/Waterloo Place was completed in 1861 (architect, Robert Matheson).
Information from Survey and Recording, Industrial Survey (MMD), Heritage Directorate, HES, 28 February 2017.