Basic Site Details Name: | Royal College of Physicians | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | College | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 8, 9-10, Queen Street | Yes | Baron Ord's House originally no 7 |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | | | | Upper library woodwork - date unknown | | 1768 | | Plans drawn up | Scheme for circular domed library | | 1770 | 1771 | Build/construction | | | 1844 | 1846 | Build/construction | | | 1864 | 1868 | | Bryce's enlargement of main hall | | 1868 | | | New building next door | | 1876 | | | New library -supervised by John Bryce | | 1979 | 1981 | Restoration | Restoration - in particular the windows | | 1987 | 1987 | Repair | Repairs, removal of inappropriate additions, reinstatement of plaster ceilings, period furniture added etc |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | James Inch Morrison | | | | | Upper library woodwork - date unknown | | James Byres | | S | 1768 | | Scheme for circular domed library | | Robert Adam | | J | 1770 | 1771 | | | Thomas Hamilton | | K | 1844 | 1846 | | | David Bryce | | A | 1864 | 1868 | Bryce's enlargement of main hall | | D & J Bryce | | B | 1876 | | New library | | David Bryce | | B | 1876 | | New library | | John Bryce II (or John Bryce (junior)) | | B | 1876 | | Supervised work on new library | | James Alexander Arnott | | | Before 1920 | | Decoration of hall | | Richard Gale Ewing | | F | 1979 | 1981 | Restoration - in particular windows | | Rowand Anderson Partnership | | F | 1979 | 1981 | Restoration - in particular the windows | | Andrew Stewart Brown | | G | 1987 | 1997 | Repairs, removal of inappropriate additions, reinstatement of plaster ceilings, period furniture added etc | | James Walter Thorburn Simpson | | G | 1987 | 1997 | Repairs, removal of inappropriate additions, reinstatement of plaster ceilings, period furniture added etc | | Simpson & Brown | | G | 1987 | 1997 | Repairs, removal of inappropriate additions, reinstatement of plaster ceilings, period furniture added etc |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Ord, Chief Baron Robert | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p103 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p288-9 | | Royal College of Physicians | 1882 | An Historical Sketch and Laws of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh | | | | | RSA | 1869 | | | | 707 | | Simpson & Brown | 2012 | Simpson & Brown Architects:Thirty-five years in practice 1977-2012 | | | | | Tait, H P | 1962 | Physicians of Edinburgh | | Scottish Field, February 1962 | | | Youngson, A J | 1966 | The Making of Classical Edinburgh | | Edinburgh University Press | p279-80 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Illustrated London News | 11 October 1845 | | | | | Scotsman | 22 February 1851 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh City Archives | Edinburgh Dean of Guild | | hall and library 16 March 1865; new library 1 April 1876 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27732 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 29535 | No 8 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Alexander Arnott: F no1723 (microfilm reel 12) | | Royal College of Physicians | Royal College of Physicians archive | | Drawing by Byres | | Royal College of Physicians Library | Royal College of Physicians Account Books | | 1864-1868 |
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