St Andrew Square, Edinburgh

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UNESCO World Heritage Site column monument historic townhouse public garden public square tram stop urban square

St Andrew Square, Edinburgh is a prominent Georgian-era public square in the New Town, known for its historic architecture, central gardens, and role as a major transport and commercial hub in the city.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
St Andrew Square	5
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10488063 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
Context triple: [York Place (former terminus), near, St Andrew Square, Edinburgh]

A. Parliament Square, Edinburgh
Parliament Square in Edinburgh is a historic civic space in the Old Town, bordered by the High Court and St Giles’ Cathedral and long associated with Scotland’s legal and political life.
B. Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Charlotte Square, Edinburgh is a renowned Georgian garden square and architectural showpiece in Scotland’s capital, celebrated as one of the finest examples of Robert Adam’s neoclassical urban design.
C. Adam Square, Edinburgh
Adam Square, Edinburgh was an 18th-century residential development in Edinburgh’s Old Town designed by architect John Adam, known for its Georgian architecture and later demolition during city redevelopment.
D. York Place, Edinburgh
York Place, Edinburgh is a central street in Scotland's capital, known for its Georgian architecture and role as a key transport corridor near the east end of the New Town.
E. George Square, Edinburgh
George Square, Edinburgh is a central public square in Edinburgh known for its Georgian architecture and as a major hub of the University of Edinburgh’s campus.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
Target entity description: St Andrew Square, Edinburgh is a prominent Georgian-era public square in the New Town, known for its historic architecture, central gardens, and role as a major transport and commercial hub in the city.

A. Parliament Square, Edinburgh
Parliament Square in Edinburgh is a historic civic space in the Old Town, bordered by the High Court and St Giles’ Cathedral and long associated with Scotland’s legal and political life.
B. Charlotte Square, Edinburgh
Charlotte Square, Edinburgh is a renowned Georgian garden square and architectural showpiece in Scotland’s capital, celebrated as one of the finest examples of Robert Adam’s neoclassical urban design.
C. Adam Square, Edinburgh
Adam Square, Edinburgh was an 18th-century residential development in Edinburgh’s Old Town designed by architect John Adam, known for its Georgian architecture and later demolition during city redevelopment.
D. York Place, Edinburgh
York Place, Edinburgh is a central street in Scotland's capital, known for its Georgian architecture and role as a key transport corridor near the east end of the New Town.
E. George Square, Edinburgh
George Square, Edinburgh is a central public square in Edinburgh known for its Georgian architecture and as a major hub of the University of Edinburgh’s campus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ column monument ⓘ historic townhouse ⓘ public garden ⓘ public square ⓘ tram stop ⓘ urban square ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Georgian architecture ⓘ
borderedBy	George Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Princes Street (nearby to the south) NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	tourist attraction in Edinburgh ⓘ
coordinateLocation	55.953°N 3.191°W ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Georgian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAmenity	cafés ⓘ offices ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retail units ⓘ
hasBuilding	Dundas House NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBusStationNearby	Edinburgh Bus Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	St Andrew Square Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRailConnectionNearby	Edinburgh Waverley railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTramStop	St Andrew Square tram stop ⓘ
hasTransportConnection	Edinburgh Trams NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUse	commercial district ⓘ public open space ⓘ transport hub ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	late 18th century ⓘ
knownFor	financial services offices ⓘ headquarters of major banks and insurers (historically and currently) ⓘ
locatedIn	New Town, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ St Andrew Square, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ St Andrew Square, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ St Andrew Square, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ near St Andrew Square, Edinburgh ⓘ south of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh ⓘ
near	Princes Street Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	Melville Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ central gardens ⓘ
partOf	Edinburgh New Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicAccess	open to the public ⓘ
servedBy	Edinburgh Trams Airport–York Place line NERFINISHED ⓘ
streetLayout	rectangular ⓘ
urbanPlanning	designed as part of James Craig’s New Town plan ⓘ
use	Royal Bank of Scotland offices (historically headquarters) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

York Place (former terminus) → near → St Andrew Square, Edinburgh ⓘ

New Town → hasPart → St Andrew Square, Edinburgh ⓘ

subject surface form: New Town, Edinburgh