St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

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Art Deco building government building listed building office building

St Andrew's House in Edinburgh is a prominent Art Deco government building that serves as the main administrative base of Scotland's devolved government.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh	5
St Andrew’s House	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Art Deco building ⓘ government building ⓘ listed building ⓘ office building ⓘ
address	Regent Road, Edinburgh ⓘ
architect	Thomas S. Tait ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Deco ⓘ
category	Headquarters of government ⓘ
client	Scotland Office ⓘ surface form: Scottish Office
constructionStartDate	1935 ⓘ
coordinates	55.953°N 3.184°W ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
function	administrative headquarters of the Scottish Government ⓘ
hasFeature	central courtyard ⓘ ornamental sculptures ⓘ roof terraces ⓘ symmetrical façade ⓘ
hasSculpturalWorkBy	Alexander Carrick ⓘ Hew Lorimer ⓘ John Marshall ⓘ Phyllis Bone ⓘ Thomas Whalen ⓘ Walter Gilbert ⓘ William Wilson ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Category A listed building ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1970 ⓘ
houses	Scottish Government civil service offices ⓘ offices of Scottish Government ministers ⓘ offices of the Deputy First Minister of Scotland ⓘ offices of the First Minister of Scotland ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1939 ⓘ
locatedIn	Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Old Town, Edinburgh
location	Edinburgh ⓘ
material	sandstone ⓘ
near	Palace of Holyroodhouse ⓘ surface form: Holyrood Palace Scottish Parliament Building ⓘ
openedBy	George VI ⓘ surface form: King George VI
operatedBy	Scottish Government ⓘ
overlooks	Calton Hill ⓘ Waverley Station ⓘ
ownedBy	Scottish Government ⓘ
partOf	Scottish Government estate ⓘ
previousSiteUse	Calton Jail ⓘ
region	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: City of Edinburgh
usedAs	main administrative base of Scotland's devolved government ⓘ
usedBy	Scottish Government directorates ⓘ