Basic Site Details | Name: | Nelsons Publishing Works | | City or county: | Edinburgh | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | In street architecture of more ornamental character there has been little done (in 1881). The most noticeable is the very extensive frontage built by the publishers, Messrs Nelson, as a screen for their works in the Dalkeith-road. The design provides a large central entrance, with a range of offices on either side. The whole is executed in the Scottish Baronial style of ornate type not without some resemblance in details to the Perpendicular or Elizabethan. The range is in one story, but the gateway has two floors and lofty pyramidal roof, flanked with corner turrets, and finished with parapet and ornamental details peculiar to the style. It was designed by the architect, Mr Lessels, to harmonise with the mansion house, built for the proprietor in the adjoining park. This edifice, as well as Salisbury-green, beside it, is a good sample of the Florid Baronial, and strikes the eye by its picturesque appearance and happy adaptation to its site, having the "crown of the causeway" to itself. [Building News 30 December 1881 p898]
See also separate entry for Salisbury Green Mansion House
| Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Works | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1881 | | Completion | | | 1947 | | Proposed | Alterations? Rebuilding? |
PeopleDesign and Construction| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | James Lessels | | | 1881 | | | | (Sir) William Hardie Kininmonth | | B | Before 1947 | | Proposal for work on Nelsons | | Rowand Anderson Kininmonth & Paul | | B | Before 1947 | | Proposal for work on Nelsons |
Clients| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | | Name | Notes | | Nelsons Publishers | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 30 December 1881 | | | p897-899 - Notes from Edinburgh |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | F no 4351 (Combined Box 9) |
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