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Edinburgh, 100-104 George Street
Commercial Premises (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 100-104 George Street
Classification Commercial Premises (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 35 Castle Street; Pearl Assurance Buildings
Canmore ID 99092
Site Number NT27SW 243
NGR NT 24979 73915
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/99092
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 243 24979 73915
NT27SW 443 24968 73906 35 Castle Street
NT 2494 7393 A desk-based assessment was carried out before the former Pearl Assurance Building on George Street and adjacent properties on Castle Street were redeveloped.
Early maps show nothing in the vicinity of the site before the construction of Edinburgh's New Town. Shop fronts were added to 31 and 33 Castle Street in the late 19th century and the Pearl Assurance Building, which began as Cleghorn's Department Store, replaced the Georgian arrangement in 1924-25. The rubble foundations of the original buildings were visible in the basement of the Pearl Assurance Building although the walls above had been replaced by partitions within a steel frame.
Sponsor: Henderson Investments.
R Murdoch 1999
