Burtons Edinburgh, Scottish Shop, Building, Photo, Architect

Burtons Edinburgh : Store Information + Images

Princes Street Store by Sir John Burnet, New Town, Scotland

Burtons Store Edinburgh Forsyth's Department Store - latterly Burtons Shop, Princes St, Scotland Sir John James Burnet 1906-07 Forsyth's was constructed as Scotland's first steel framed building, built as a full-height department store - like nearby Jenners, for R.W. Forsyth edinburgh store - image © adrian welch: 2005 News Updates: £26m purchase by BHs owner Sir Philip Green: additional two floors of shopping with restaurant on the roof. Jul 2006 Reported to be on market with ideas for store, hotel and rooftop restaurant mooted Apr 2006 Owners Arcadia are possibly moving west along Princes Street in 2008 Store Outlets: Burton, Top Man, Top Shop, Principles, Wallis, Dorothy Perkins Princes Street - Shops / Buildings photo © Adrian Welch 270907 John James Burnet 1857-1938 Born in Glasgow, JJ Burnet studied at the Institute des Beaux Arts, Paris. Sir John James Burnet was also responsible for the B listed Finlaystone House in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The original 14thc Finlaystone House was extended in 1900 by Sir John James Burnet. George Jardine Kidston bought the building in 1897, engaged John James Burnet, a leading Glasgow commercial architect. A key feature of JJ Burnet's interior at Finlaystone House is a pair of pink marble pillars with a mythological beast at their base. This was John James Burnet's favourite way of ending a stair rail.The drawing room with its white marble fireplace and bow window overlooking the River Clyde, is one of the finest of Burnet's interiors. JJ Burnet: Buildings in Scotland:- Burtons Store, Edinburgh 1906-07 The Athenaeum, Glasgow 1886 Finlaystone House, Renfrewshire 1900 Trustee Savings Bank, Ingram Street / Glassford Street, Glasgow 1894-1900 Charing Cross Mansions 2-30 St George's Rd, Charing Cross, Glasgow 1889-91 Barony Hall, High Street / 1 Castle Street, Glasgow 1886-9; conversion 1990 J J Burnet & J A Campbell; conversion David Leslie - Victorian Church in Gothic Revival style now used as a ceremonial / graduation hall for the University of Strathclyde. The Barony Hall interior has original furnishings. Also by Sir John Burnet is St. Andrew's House with Thomas Tait Enlarge Map

Adjacent building to the west is by 3d Architects: H&M


edinburgh store - image © alastair cook: 2007

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