St Andrew's House | |
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Taigh Naoimh Anndra | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Government office |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
Address | 2 Regent Road EH1 3DG |
Town or city | Edinburgh |
Country | Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°57′12.15″N 3°11′2.75″W / 55.9533750°N 3.1840972°W |
Current tenants | Scottish Government |
Construction started | 1935 |
Opened | September 1939 |
Renovated | 2001 |
Cost | £433,200 |
Owner | Scottish Government |
Technical details | |
Material | Steel with retaining walls built in reinforced concrete and faced with Darney stone |
Floor count | Eight |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Thomas S. Tait |
Architecture firm | Burnet, Tait & Lorne |
Developer | Scottish Office |
Other designers | Sir William Reid Dick, Alexander Carrick, Phyllis Bone, Walter Gilbert Thomas Hadden |
Other information | |
Public transit access | St Andrew Square Edinburgh Waverley |
Listed Building – Category A | |
Official name | Regent Road, St Andrew's House including boundary wall, lamp standards and gates |
Designated | 14 December 1970 |
Reference no. | LB27756 |
References | |
Dictionary of Scottish Architects |
St Andrew's House (SAH), on the southern flank of Calton Hill in central Edinburgh, is the headquarters building of the Scottish Government.[1]
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