Register House, Edinburgh
E91349
Register House, Edinburgh is a neoclassical public records building in Scotland’s capital, designed by renowned architect Robert Adam in the 18th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Register House, Edinburgh canonical | 2 |
| Register House (Edinburgh) | 1 |
| The Register House in Edinburgh (early design involvement) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T770240 — 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: Register House, Edinburgh Context triple: [Robert Adam, notableWork, Register House, Edinburgh]
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A.
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
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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B.
Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow City Chambers is a grand Victorian-era municipal building in Glasgow, Scotland, serving as the headquarters of the city council and a prominent symbol of the city's civic pride.
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C.
Parliament House, Edinburgh
Parliament House, Edinburgh is a historic building in Scotland’s capital that long served as the meeting place of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament and now houses the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
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D.
Glasgow Central
Glasgow Central is the main intercity railway terminus in Glasgow, Scotland, and one of the busiest rail hubs in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Scottish Parliament Building
The Scottish Parliament Building is the modern, architecturally distinctive home of Scotland’s devolved legislature in Edinburgh.
- 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: Register House, Edinburgh Target entity description: Register House, Edinburgh is a neoclassical public records building in Scotland’s capital, designed by renowned architect Robert Adam in the 18th century.
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A.
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
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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B.
Glasgow City Chambers
Glasgow City Chambers is a grand Victorian-era municipal building in Glasgow, Scotland, serving as the headquarters of the city council and a prominent symbol of the city's civic pride.
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C.
Parliament House, Edinburgh
Parliament House, Edinburgh is a historic building in Scotland’s capital that long served as the meeting place of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament and now houses the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
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D.
Glasgow Central
Glasgow Central is the main intercity railway terminus in Glasgow, Scotland, and one of the busiest rail hubs in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Scottish Parliament Building
The Scottish Parliament Building is the modern, architecturally distinctive home of Scotland’s devolved legislature in Edinburgh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government building
ⓘ
listed building ⓘ neoclassical building ⓘ public records building ⓘ |
| architect | Robert Adam ⓘ |
| architecturalElement |
columns
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entablature ⓘ pilasters ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Archives in Scotland
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Government buildings in Edinburgh ⓘ Neoclassical architecture in Scotland ⓘ |
| city | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| constructionEndDate | early 19th century ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1774 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 55.953°N 3.189°W ⓘ |
| country |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedIn | 18th century ⓘ |
| function |
administrative offices
ⓘ
archival research ⓘ storage of public records ⓘ |
| hasCentralDome | yes ⓘ |
| hasDome | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central rotunda
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classical portico ⓘ domed reading room ⓘ pedimented entrance ⓘ rusticated basement ⓘ symmetrical façades ⓘ |
| hasPortico | yes ⓘ |
| hasReadingRoom | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Category A listed building ⓘ |
| houses | National Records of Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Princes Street
ⓘ
surface form:
Princes Street, Edinburgh
east end of Princes Street ⓘ |
| locatedInArea |
New Town
ⓘ
surface form:
New Town, Edinburgh
|
| location | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| material | sandstone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | public register of Scotland ⓘ |
| near |
General Register House (complex)
ⓘ
Waverley Station, Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form:
North Bridge, Edinburgh
Waverley Station, Edinburgh ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Records of Scotland ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Scottish Government ⓘ |
| partOf | Edinburgh New Town World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| region | Lothian ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Register House, Edinburgh Description of subject: Register House, Edinburgh is a neoclassical public records building in Scotland’s capital, designed by renowned architect Robert Adam in the 18th century.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Register House in Edinburgh (early design involvement)
this entity surface form:
Register House (Edinburgh)