Name: Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Offices
Location: 15 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh
NGR: NT 26745 72537
Classification: Commercial
Date: 1972-76
Architect: Sir Basil Spence, Glover & Ferguson
Landscape Architect: Dame Silvia Crowe
Status: Category A-Listed
Canmore ID: 69995
Description: Extensive planting of trees, shrubs and lawns to north and south featuring decorative rocks and boulders. Sunken gardens and ascending terraces to east concealing car park building with rocks and planting. Pools to south and west (public) front to Dalkeith Road, set behind masonry wall, designed to reflect elevations with view to Salisbury Crags.
Significance: The building is an expressionist response to the Salisbury Crags. Building received RIBA Award for Scotland.
