2017

NT1871 : 11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate

taken 7 years ago, near to Hermiston, Edinburgh, Scotland

11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate
11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate
The eastern end of the building, with the eastern staircase.
11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate

An A-listed large warehouse block designed in 1949-50 by Stewart Sim, Ministry of Works architect. It used pioneering methods of pre-stressed concrete frame construction, with prestressed floor beams on piloti columns
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I’m not sure if HMSO [now TSO – The Stationery Office] has any presence in this building now; possibly not. It is now used, at least in part, by a self-storage company, but for listing purposes is still referred to as ‘HMSO Store’. Adding to possible confusion on many listing websites, the address is given wrongly as on Bankhead Crossway South, with wrong coordinates that place it about 300m south east in a biscuit factory.


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Geographical Context: Lowlands Historic sites and artefacts Business, Retail, Services Suburb, Urban fringe Listed Building: Category A Place: Sighthill Edinburgh Primary Subject: Store other tags: Storage Facility Sighthill Industrial Estate Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Scotland's Post WWII Category A Listed Buildings Automatic Clusters: · Bankhead Broadway [6] Title Clusters: · 11 Bankhead Broadway, Sighthill Industrial Estate [6] ·
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NT1871, 195 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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M J Richardson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 10 February, 2017   (more nearby)
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Friday, 10 February, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 1894 7116 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:55.5993N 3:17.9299W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 1896 7114
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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