Poste centrale d’Édimbourg

La Poste centrale d'Édimbourg (anglais : General Post Office; GPO) est un ancien bureau de poste de style néo-Renaissance situé à Édimbourg, en Écosse. Il a été construit entre 1861 et 1865 sur le site de l'Old Theatre Royal, entre Waterloo Place et North Bridge, à Édimbourg, selon la conception de l'architecte et Commis aux travaux de l'Écosse, Robert Matheson (en) .

1. Histoire

En 1861, le prince Albert a posé la première pierre . La cérémonie a eu lieu le jour même de la pose de la première pierre du nouveau Royal Museum of Scotland (aujourd'hui National Museum) . Le GPO jouxtait les bureaux de l'Inland Revenue (en) sur Waterloo Place et abritait des bureaux d'autres organismes publics, dont ceux de la Scottish Meteorological Society . Le nouveau bâtiment a remplacé le bureau de poste construit de 1815 à 1819 sur Waterloo Place à côté de Regent Bridge, et il a été agrandi deux fois pour répondre à une demande croissante, d'abord à partir de 1890 par Walter W. Robertson (en), puis de 1908 à 1909 par William Thomas Oldrieve (en) . En 2000, l'intérieur a été modifié, pour être remplacé par des bureaux commerciaux, ne laissant que la façade néo-Renaissance.

1. Références

(en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « General Post Office, Edinburgh » (voir la liste des auteurs).

1. Liens externes

(en) « Edinburgh, 2-4 Waterloo Place, General Post Office », Canmore: National Record of the Historic Environment (consulté le 23 août 2020) Portail de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme Portail du bâtiment et des travaux publics Portail de l’Écosse Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni

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