General Register House (complex)

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archive building government building complex historic building listed building

General Register House is a historic government archive complex in central Edinburgh that houses Scotland’s national records and registries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
General Register House	1
General Register House (complex) canonical	1
General Register House complex	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archive building ⓘ government building complex ⓘ historic building ⓘ listed building ⓘ
architect	Robert Adam ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
category	Archives in Scotland ⓘ Buildings and structures in Edinburgh ⓘ Scottish government buildings ⓘ
completionDate	1780s ⓘ
constructionStart	1770s ⓘ
contains	General Register House (complex) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: General Register House HM General Register House dome ⓘ New Register House ⓘ archival storage repositories ⓘ offices of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland ⓘ public exhibition spaces ⓘ search rooms for public use ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
faces	North Bridge, Edinburgh ⓘ
function	genealogical research centre ⓘ National Records of Scotland ⓘ surface form: national archive of Scotland storage of public records ⓘ
hasPart	central rotunda ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ strongrooms ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Category A listed building ⓘ part of Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site ⓘ
houses	National Records of Scotland ⓘ
inception	late 18th century ⓘ
locatedInArea	New Town ⓘ surface form: New Town, Edinburgh central Edinburgh ⓘ
location	Edinburgh ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
material	sandstone ⓘ
operator	National Records of Scotland ⓘ
overlooks	Princes Street Gardens ⓘ
owner	Scottish Government ⓘ
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
significance	principal repository of Scotland’s national archives ⓘ
usedFor	census records ⓘ church and parish records ⓘ civil registration records ⓘ land and property records ⓘ legal and court records ⓘ preservation of Scotland’s national records ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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New Register House, Edinburgh → partOf → General Register House (complex) ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Register House complex

General Register House (complex) → contains → General Register House (complex) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Register House