Tanfield House

Dublin Core

Title

Tanfield House

Description

Large administration offices for Standard Life Co, designed by Michael Laird & Partners. Opened in 1991, it incorporates the facade of Tanfield Hall, site of the first Free Church assembly in 1843. The foyer and hall, with its stupendous Holywood-style staircase, will be open. Outside Gerald Laing's Axis Mundi represents the apotheosis of the five wise virgins, finding an obelisk pointing the way to heaven.

Source

edinburgh

Date

1991

Type

Museum

Identifier

1897

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

Canonmills

Place

Edinburgh

IsNewThisYear

No

ArchitectName

Michael Laird & Partners

OpeningTime1

10.00-17.00

Activities

No

WC

No

DisabledWC

No

DisabledAccess

No

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

10165

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

EH3 5JS

Citation

“Tanfield House,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 6, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1895.

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