Craigleith Stone Buildings
There were two types of stone obtained at Craigleith, the very hard, fine grained
cream coloured, compact sandstone known as liver rock and the easily worked greyish
white sandstone known as common rock.
The list of sites the stone was used in are many and the following gives
an idea of how well it was sought after for construction, repairs or for a
specific item within a structure. Craigleith stone may not have been used in the whole building named but may only have been used for a specific feature.
Building name and addressHolyrood Palace in part 16th Cent Edinburgh Castle and Shrine Tron Kirk High Street Queen Street No.8 Register House East End of Princess St St Andrew Square No.35 Charlotte Square North Side City Chambers High Street St Andrews and George's Church City Observatory House Calton Hill Parliament House, High Street Waterloo Place, columns Nelson Monument, Calton Hill City Observatory, Calton Hill The Edinburgh Academy, Henderson Row National Gallery of Modern Art, Belford Road Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound Former Royal High School National Monument Calton Hill Leith Town Hall, Constitution Street Old College University of Edinburgh St Stephens Church, St Vincent Street Dean Bridge Charles 11 Statue pedestal, Parliament Square Randolf Cliff tenement, Northern Corner Leith Docks |
Construction/repair dates16th Century 1619 1647 1787 1976 1771 1778 1789 1820s 1781 1795 1761 1784 1792 1810 1815 1816 1818 1824 1825 1826 1829 1829 1827 1827 1828 1832 1835 1849 1895 |