69 and 69a George Street, Edinburgh
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69 and 69a George Street, Edinburgh
Image: © Andrew Abbott Taken: 12 Nov 2022
Category A. Listing reference LB28844. George Washington Browne, 1905. Large 4-storey and attic Francois Ier bank on corner site. Polished cream ashlar sandstone. Mullioned and transomed windows. Base course and cill course at ground. Ground floor cornice/1st floor cill course articulated by pedestals, supporting pilasters framing upper floor windows grouped in tripartite arrangement; panelled pilasters at 1st floor, giant order Corinthian pilasters to 2nd and 3rd floors; enriched aprons and frieze. Lavish dentilled cornice with pierced parapet. Curved corner expressed by windows as above, with elaborate pilastered and segmental pedimented doorway at ground. 3 bays as above to each elevation.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.953083
Longitude
-3.20026