Edinburgh, 92 - 96 Commercial Street, Warehouses
Warehouse (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 92 - 96 Commercial Street, Warehouses
Classification Warehouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 55 Commercial Street; 61 Commercial Street; Bond 42
Canmore ID 149848
Site Number NT27NE 497
NGR NT 26844 76648
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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SC 770358
View from W showing SSW and part of WNW fronts of warehouses with part of Nautical College in foreground
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/10/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 2577545
61-65 Commercial Street. Detail of roller guide for hoist rope on North East side of block 6 in Warehouse range.
3/7/1990
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SC 2577754
Detail of stone column on second floor of block 6 (0.46m square with 0.10m chamfer).
3/7/1990
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SC 2577766
General view inside block 3 at ground floor level (wooden columns 0.30m square with 0.04m chamfer)
3/7/1990
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SC 618026
Edinburgh, 61-65 Commercial Street, Warehouses View from E showing part of NNE front
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 621174
General view from South East of main (South West) frontage of range, blocks 1 to 7.
© RCAHMS
SC 770376
View from ESE showing SSW fronts of warehouses
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/10/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 770377
View from ESE showing SSW fronts of warehouses
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/10/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
DP 217183
Oblique aerial view of Commercial Street, 102 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 72-78 Commercial Street Warehouses, 92-96 Commercial Street Warehouses, 65 Commercial Street Warehouse, former Leith Nautical College, 144-146 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 142 Commercial Street Cooperage, 1-7 North Junction Street and A&R Tod Flour Mill, looking NNE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2577750
Detail of cast-iron column (slightly tapered, column 0.18m diameter) in first floor, block 5.
3/7/1990
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SC 2577755
Detail of chamfered stone column on second floor of block 5 (column 0.50m square with 0.18 chamfer)
3/7/1990
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SC 2577767
General view from East within blocks 1 and 2 on second floor.
3/7/1990
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DP 217177
Oblique aerial view of Commercial Street, St Ninian's Church, 102 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouse 35, 46 and 48, 72-88 Commercial Street Warehouses, 65 Commercial Street and 92-96 Commercial Street Warehouses, lookingSSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2577751
Detail of chamfered stone column on second floor of block 7 (column 0.46m square, 0.10m chamfer)
3/7/1990
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SC 618024
Edinburgh, Leith Docks, East Old Dock View from E showing hand crane with part of warehouses in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1969
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 733479
General view from SE showing SSW and ESE fronts of warehouses with part of numbers 2-11 Dock Place on right
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
9/7/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 770373
View from W showing SSW fronts of warehouses
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/10/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
DP 217180
Oblique aerial view of Commercial Street, 102 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 72-78 Commercial Street Warehouses, 92-96 Commercial Street Warehouses, 65 Commercial Street Warehouse, former Leith Nautical College, 144-146 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 142 Commercial Street Cooperage, 1-7 North Junction Street and A&R Tod Flour Mill, looking ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2577739
General view from North East of rear (North East) elevation of Warehouses, blocks 1, 2, 3.
3/7/1990
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SC 2577745
General view from South East of McDonald and Muir Bonded Stores, Commercial Street, Leith. (Originally paired with neighbouring stores to South East at 63 Commercial Street).
3/7/1990
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SC 2577749
Detail of counter-weighted vertical sliding door at first/ground floor level of North East side block 7 in warehouse range.
3/7/1990
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SC 2577753
Detail of cast-iron column, octagonal capital and saddle on second floor of block 6 (column 0.14m diameter).
3/7/1990
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SC 2577756
Detail of cast-iron column and saddle on second floor of block 5 (column 0.18m diameter).
3/7/1990
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SC 2577759
Detail of chamfered square wooden column on second floor of block 3 (column 0.24m square, with 0.04m chamfer)
3/7/1990
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SC 2577760
Detail of square wooden column on second floor of blocks 1 and 2 (column 0.22m square, with 0.035m chamfer)
3/7/1990
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SC 2577761
Detail of square stone column on second floor of blocks 1 and 2 (column 0.43m square, with 0.09m chamfer)
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2578033
Edinburgh, Commercial Street, Bonded Warehouses. General view of grated windows on bonded warehouses from South-West.
1970
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DP 217181
Oblique aerial view of Commercial Street, 102 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 72-78 Commercial Street Warehouses, 92-96 Commercial Street Warehouses, 65 Commercial Street Warehouse, former Leith Nautical College, 144-146 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 142 Commercial Street Cooperage, 1-7 North Junction Street and A&R Tod Flour Mill, looking ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217182
Oblique aerial view of Commercial Street, 102 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 72-78 Commercial Street Warehouses, 92-96 Commercial Street Warehouses, 65 Commercial Street Warehouse, former Leith Nautical College, 144-146 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 142 Commercial Street Cooperage, 1-7 North Junction Street and A&R Tod Flour Mill, looking NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2577742
General view from South East of main (South West) frontage of range, blocks 1 to 7.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577743
General view from South East of North West and of range South West frontage, including blocks 1 to 7.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577757
Detail of square stone column on second floor of block 4 (column 0.46m square, no chamfer).
3/7/1990
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SC 2577758
Detail of chamfered wooden column on second floor of block 4 (column 0.22m square, with 0.04m chamfer)
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 621171
General view from South East of South East end of range and main frontage.
© RCAHMS
SC 621176
General view from South East of McDonald and Muir Bonded Stores, Commercial Street, Leith. (Originally paired with neighbouring stores to South East at 63 Commercial Street).
© RCAHMS
SC 770360
View from W showing SSW fronts of warehouses
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/10/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
DP 217175
Oblique aerial view of Commercial Street, St Ninian's Church, 102 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouse 35, 46 and 48, 72-88 Commercial Street Warehouses, 65 Commercial Street and 92-96 Commercial Street Warehouses, lookingSSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217176
Oblique aerial view of Commercial Street, St Ninian's Church, 102 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouse 35, 46 and 48, 72-88 Commercial Street Warehouses, 65 Commercial Street and 92-96 Commercial Street Warehouses, lookingSSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2577762
General view from North East on attic floor of blocks 1 and 2 showing summit of central stone columns along centre of range.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577542
General view from North East of rear (North East) elevation of Warehouse, blocks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
3/7/1990
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SC 2577544
Detail of hoist tower on South West side of block 3 in Warehouse range.
3/7/1990
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SC 2577747
Detail of curved cast-iron lintels beneath hoist on North East side of block 3 in warehouse range.
3/7/1990
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SC 2577752
Detail of cast-iron column and saddle on second floor of block 6 (column 0.14m diameter, with octagonal capital)
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577765
General interior view from North East of ground floor of block 4 showing stone columns and brick vaulting (columns are 0.30m square at 2.9m centres 1.95m height floor to springer. 2.70m floor to crown of arch, width of vault 4.55m. Three vaulted bays, each 6 bays deep).
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 621175
General view of range from West showing main (South West) frontage onto Commercial Street, including blocks 1 to 7.
© RCAHMS
SC 770359
View from WSW showing SSW fronts of warehouses
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
13/10/1970
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
DP 217179
Oblique aerial view of Commercial Street, 102 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 72-78 Commercial Street Warehouses, 92-96 Commercial Street Warehouses, 65 Commercial Street Warehouse, former Leith Nautical College, 144-146 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 142 Commercial Street Cooperage, 1-7 North Junction Street and A&R Tod Flour Mill, looking SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 217184
Oblique aerial view of Commercial Street, 102 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 72-78 Commercial Street Warehouses, 92-96 Commercial Street Warehouses, 65 Commercial Street Warehouse, former Leith Nautical College, 144-146 Commercial Street Bonded Warehouses, 142 Commercial Street Cooperage, 1-7 North Junction Street and A&R Tod Flour Mill, looking N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
15/7/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2577543
Detail of hoist tower on South West frontage of block 6 in the Warehouse range.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577546
Detail of hoist tower on North East side of block 5 in warehouse range.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577740
General view of rear of Warehouse block from North East, blocks 1-7.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577741
General view from South East of South East end of range and main frontage.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577744
General view of range from West showing main (South West) frontage onto Commercial Street, including blocks 1 to 7.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577746
Detail of damaged spout - one of two stone spouts protruding from block 4 in range at first floor level on main (South West) frontage, repeated on North East frontage.
3/7/1990
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SC 2577748
Detail of hoist tower and doors beneath, with curved cast-iron lintels, on North East side of block 3 in warehouse range.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577763
Detailed view of summit of square stone column at attic level in block 5.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
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Detailed view of summit of square stone column at attic level in block 4.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2577768
General view from West in block 5 (with view into blocks 6 and 7) on second floor.
3/7/1990
© RCAHMS
SC 2578032
Edinburgh, Commercial Street, Bonded Warehouses. General view from South-East.
1970
© RCAHMS
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
