Edinburgh GPO and Balmoral, Rear View
by Yvonne Johnstone
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Edinburgh GPO and Balmoral, Rear View
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
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Photograph - Photography
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View across Waverley Station roof showing the Balmoral Hotel (with clock tower) and the Old Edinburgh General Post Office (GPO) building.
The GPO referred to in the inscription on the duty stone was built in 1814 and was located at 16-20 Waterloo Place. Its replacement (now converted and known as Waverley Gate) the GPO building located at the foot of North Bridge/Waterloo Place was completed in 1861 (architect, Robert Matheson). The foundation-stone of this extensive Victorian building was laid by the late Prince Consort, the day of the same ceremony in connection with the National Museum of Scotland. The G.P.O. is where Edinburgh begins technically as all distance markers start from this spot.
The Balmoral was originally built as the North British Station Hotel as a result from a competition in 1895. The hotel originally opened on 15 October 1902. The building's architecture is Victorian, influenced by the traditional Scottish baronial style. It was designed by architect William Hamilton Beattie and for most of the twentieth century was known as the North British Hotel or simply the N.B., a traditional railway hotel built for the North British Railway Company adjacent to their newly rebuilt Waverley station.
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April 10th, 2019
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