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Bathgate, George Place, The Emporium Building
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bathgate, George Place, The Emporium Building
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Grieg's Corner; Whitburn Road
Canmore ID 275199
Site Number NS96NE 121
NGR NS 97442 68727
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275199
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Bathgate
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
George Place
Reception area to Bathgate from the east, fronted on the north side by the Royal Hotel, c.1840, with its quoins and balustrade, probably an aggrandisement of an earlier building.
The Emporium Building, 1916, T R Irvine, gives scale to the corner of Whitburn Road at Grieg's Corner; giant Ionic colonnade facing Whitburn Road, Ionic-pilastered pavilions flanking the corner and wings with, above, a curiously balustraded attic storey over the cornice. Clydesdale Bank, 1913, built by W T Oldrieve as the post office, is particularly distinguished Scots Revival; harled, stone margins, fine dormer windows, corner turret and carved entrance doorway. Dreadnought Hotel, Whitburn Road, 1900, J G Fairley, somewhat heavyweight baronial in the manner of a commercial hotel, crowstepped gables, bay windows and pedimented entrance. The nearby Social Work Offices, 1988, Campbell & Arnott, a sprightly courtyard in buff brick and red pantiles, presents twin Italianate gables to the roundabout, with colourful yellow lintels, blue and green steel trim to its lofty, pedimented, entrance canopy.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
