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Edinburgh, 23 - 23a St Andrew Square, Exchange Bank Of Scotland

House (18th Century), Office(S) (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 23 - 23a St Andrew Square, Exchange Bank Of Scotland

Classification House (18th Century), Office(S) (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Faculty Of Actuaries In Scotland; War Memorial Plaque

Canmore ID 52418

Site Number NT27SE 373

NGR NT 25555 74185

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52418

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT27SE 373.00 25555 74185

NT27SE 373.01 25550 74200 Free Tolbooth Church

The free Tolbooth Church (Architect: David Bryce 1858) burnt out susequent to 1891, rebuilt by Bank Exchange, later Faculty of Actuaries, and apparantly incorporated into bank structure. LBLP 05/2004 GJK

Architecture Notes

Architect - William Chambers

Alterations to No.23 - David Bryce - 1846

Alterations to No.23 - Kinnear & Peddie - 1883

Activities

Photographic Survey (October 1965)

Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Work in October 1965.

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 (24 April 2002)

A cartouche in the pediment of the porch, carved with a cherub holding an upturned cornucopia.

Inscriptions : None

Signatures : None

Design period : 1770-1772 (original building) / 1846 (alterations)

Year of unveiling : 1846

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1374)

Project (February 2014 - July 2014)

A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

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