EDINBURGH POST OFFICE (1866)
2-4 Waterloo Place
Architect: Robert Matheson. Fittings and furnishings under the supervision of James Williams Year: 1866 (1892 additions, architect Walter Robertson)(1910 extension, architect William Oldrieve) Listed building status: Category A Archive sources British Postal Museum & Archive: 2011-0645/1-2 (prints); POST 118/1109, 5791-792 Canmore: ID 74026 National Archives: WORK 13/319 Selected bibliographical references Builder 16 Jun 1866, p. 443-444; 16 Jun 1906, p. 681 (extension) Building News 1 Nov 1861, p. 879; 15 Jun 1906, p. 840; 3 Apr 1908, p. 484 (extension); 10 Mar 1911, p. 346 (further extension) Gifford, John and others. Edinburgh. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984, p. 436-437 Illustrated Times 16 Nov 1861, p. 4, 5 (engraving) History Foundation stone laid by the Prince Consort (Albert) 23 Oct 1861 Opened: 7 May 1866 Closed: Oct 1995 Current use: Office accommodation |