St Leonard's Hall
St Leonard's Hall | |
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Scottish baronial | |
Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Coordinates | 55°56′24″N 3°10′16″W / 55.94004°N 3.17123°W |
Construction started | 1869 |
Completed | 1870 |
Owner | University of Edinburgh |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | John Lessels |
Listed Building – Category A | |
Designated | 12 December 1974 |
Reference no. | LB28619 |
St Leonard's Hall is a mid-nineteenth century
The hall was designed by John Lessels, and built in 1869-1870 for Thomas Nelson Junior, of the Thomas Nelson family of publishers. It features pepper-pot turrets and a tower with corbelled-out bartizans and a cap-house which is said to be reminiscent of a Highland Croft House. The ceilings were painted by Thomas Bonnar (1800-1874).[2]
It is home to the administrative offices of the university's Accommodation Services, as well as having function suites which are used for conferences and other meetings.
The building was used as a
It was then used as a hall of residence for female students until the completion of the more modern buildings on the Pollock Halls site, when it adopted its current function as the administrative centre for the complex. A sympathetic internal restoration was completed post 2000.
The building (including its boundary walls) has been
Gallery
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The rear of St Leonard's Hall
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St Trinneans Room ceiling
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Bird and lizard carvings on the mantlepiece in St Trinneans Room
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St Leonard's Hall in the snow
References
- ^ a b "St Leonard's Hall from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
- ^ "Thomas Bonnar from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
- ^ "University of Edinburgh, St Leonard's Hall, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Including Boundary Walls. LB28619". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 14 October 2016.