1903 – North British & Mercantile, Princes St., Edinburgh
Architect: Peddie & Washington Browne
Magnificent Italian palazzo for an insurance company on Edinburgh’s Prince’s Street. With its strong ground floor rustication, and magnifent first floor window surrounds, this was a fantastic exercise in Edwardian commercial architecture. After a series of mergers in the 1960s, this magnificent building was sold in 1954 to British Home Stores. BHS promptly demolished it and replaced with an awful piece of 1960 brutalism-department-storism.
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Clerkin, Paul (2012, March 20). *1903 – North British & Mercantile, Princes St., Edinburgh*. Archiseek.com. https://www.archiseek.com/1903-north-british-mercantile-princes-st-edinburgh/ (Updated 2025, May 7)
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Clerkin, Paul. "1903 – North British & Mercantile, Princes St., Edinburgh." *Archiseek.com*, 20 Mar. 2012, https://www.archiseek.com/1903-north-british-mercantile-princes-st-edinburgh/. Updated 7 May. 2025.
Published March 20, 2012 | Last Updated May 7, 2025
