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Edinburgh, Leith Street, General
Shop(S) (Period Unassigned), Tenement(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Leith Street, General
Classification Shop(S) (Period Unassigned), Tenement(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Catherine Street
Canmore ID 84042
Site Number NT27SE 570
NGR NT 2599 7412
NGR Description From NT 2588 7405 to NT 2599 7422
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/84042
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 570 2595 7413
Only the S side of Leith Street survives, the N side was demolshed in 1969 to make way for the King James Hotel whose facade line is set slightly further to the N than that of the original street. The N side of Leith Street included an elevated walkway with a second tier of shops.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) 29 June 1995
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Sources: Dean of Guild Bundle 1811 4.7.1811
Pet. John Bonnar, spirit dealer
Leith Street. Shop previously built by Samuel Wordsworth, stabler
Plan and elevation encl. Signed William Bryce.
Sources: Dean of Guild Bundle 1812 July-December 24.9.1812
Mr Sandeman, merchant
Counting House, Leith Street
To improve by adding another floor
Elevation. Unsigned - before & after.
Sources: Dean of Guild Bundle 1813 January-June 10.6.1813
Pet. James Sanders, shoemaker
17 Leith Street
Plan, elevation and section of interior alteration. Unsigned.
Sources: Dean of Guild 1.7.1813
William Bruce, upholsterer
Leith Street, corner of Shakespeare Square?
Major alteration - addition of further floor to annex
Elevations, before and after, unsigned
Edinburgh, 16 Leith Terrace, Leith Street.
James Salisbury.
Edinburgh. 16 Leith Terrace. Salisbury was architect and developer.
(Edinburgh Evening Courant, Jan. 30 and Feb 6, 1800).
James Salisbury.
Edinburgh. Leith terrace, Leith Street.
"a new elevation, plain and unornamented" to be shown by Salisbury, 1786.
(Edinburgh Evening Courant, Feb 18, 1786).
NMRS REFERENCE:
Edinburgh Room, Central Library, Edinburgh
Leith Terrace, Leith Street, Edinburgh (unexecuted design), 1785
"the elevation...has been designed by Robert Adams, Esq; architect"
(Edinburgh Evening Courant, Sept 3, 1785)
One newscutting by Brian Crossland
Watching Brief (10 January 2008 - 31 July 2008)
NT 2599 7412 A watching brief was undertaken January–July 2008 on all ground-breaking works associated with development of the site. A series of buildings associated with the post-medieval use of the area were identified and fully recorded, prior to their removal. No other significant archaeological features or artefacts were identified.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Kilmartin Property Group
Martin Cook (AOC Archaeology Group), 2008
