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Edinburgh, 31, 33 Castle Street

Flat (18th Century), House (18th Century), Shop (19th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 31, 33 Castle Street

Classification Flat (18th Century), House (18th Century), Shop (19th Century)

Canmore ID 113915

Site Number NT27SW 442

NGR NT 24972 73897

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113915

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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

NT27SW 442 24972 73897

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of the original buildings were visible in the basement of the Pearl Assurance Building although the walls above had been replaced by partitions within a steel frame.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

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