Basic Site Details Name: | George Heriot's Hospital | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Information from NMRS. Gatehouse etc are B Listed. War memorial had sculpture by Phyllis Bone and Alex Cormick | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | George Heriot's School | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Hospital | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Lauriston Place | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1628 | 1640s | Build/construction | |  | 1659 | | Build/construction | Some work on Hospital still being undertaken. |  | 1693 | | Build/construction | Completion of steeple. Also stone cupola built. |  | 1762 | | Build/construction | Gateway and porter's lodge on north side. Now demolished. |  | 1828 | 1829 | Addition | Gatehouse and terraces |  | 1833 | | | Refacement of south, east and west elevations with Craigleith ashlar |  | 1837 | | Alterations and additions | Interior of chapel refitted |  | 1888 | | | Details and elevations, section of board room (survey?) |  | 1908 | | | Alterations and additions for day pupils |  | 1911 | | | Chemistry block |  | c. 1922 | | | War memorial |  | 1949 | | | Additions and repairs to war memorial |  | June 1963 | | Addition | Extension announced by the Lord Provost. |  | 1970s | | Addition | Refectory and kitchen |  | 1982 | | Restoration | |
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 |  | Auldjo Jamieson & Arnott | Architectural practice | A | | | Restoration of NW stair tower - date unknown |  | James Alexander Arnott | Architect | A | | | Restoration of NW stair tower - date unknown |  | William Wallace | | A | 1628 | 1631 | Responsible for design |  | William Aytoun | Mason | F | 1631 | 1640s | |  | John Mylne junior | Architect | M | 1648 | | Was instructed to take down the upper part of the south west tower abd rebuild it uniform with the others. |  | John Mylne junior | Architect | N | 1659 | | Was still working at Heriot's Hospital |  | Robert Mylne | Mason | O | 1693 | | Contracted to complete steeple in accordance with drawing he had submitted. Also built stone cupola. |  | John Fergus | Architect, Surveyor | Z | 1759 | | Drew up and published with Robert Robinson a plan of the lands north of the castle belonging to Heriot's Hospital. |  | John Adam | Architect | F | 1762 | | Gateway and porter's lodge on the north side. Now demolished. |  | William Henry Playfair | Architect | C | 1828 | 1829 | Gatehouse and terraces |  | William Notman | Architect | C | c. 1828 | c. 1829 | Undated survey plans possibly by Notman for Playfair |  | Alexander Black | Architect | | 1833 | | Refacement of south, east and west elevations in Craigleith ashlar (they were originally harled rubble) |  | James Gillespie Graham | Architect | E | 1837 | | Interior of chapel refitted. Provided drawings gratuitously. |  | John Chesser | Architect | | After 1870 | Before 1889 | |  | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | Architect | | 1888 | | Details and elevations, sections of board room (survey?) |  | John Anderson | Architect | | 1908 | | Alterations and additions for day pupils |  | John Anderson | Architect | B | 1911 | | Interior alterations to main block |  | James Bow Dunn | Architect | | c. 1922 | | War memorial |  | George Reid | Architect | D | 1949 | | Additions and repairs to war memorial |  | James Smith Forbes | Architect | D | 1949 | | Additions and repairs to war memorial |  | Reid & Forbes | Architectural practice | D | 1949 | | Additions and repairs to war memorial |  | George Sinclair Gibson Steedman | Architect | L | Before 1975 | | Refectory and kitchen |  | J D Cairns & Ford | Architectural practice | L | Before 1975 | | Refectory and kitchen |  | John Jackson | Architect | L | Before 1975 | | Refectory and kitchen |  | Gordon & Dey | Architectural practice | E | 1982 | | Restoration |  | Roy Gerard Walmesley | Architect | E | 1982 | | Restoration. Job architect |  | William Gordon Dey | Architect | E | 1982 | | Restoration. Partner in charge. |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Allen, Nic (ed.) | | Scottish Architects in Conservation | | | p39 |  | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | |  | Braidwood, Niall C | 1988 | Dunn and Findlay and The Scotsman Building | | RIBA Dissertation 1988 | p179 |  | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | |  | Dunbar, John G | 1966 | Historic Architecture of Scotland | | | pp54-5 |  | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | pp179-82 |  | Mylne, R S | | The Master Masons to the Crown of Scotland | | | pp144, 232 |  | Pryde, D | 1932 | George Heriot's school | | | |  | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | |  | RIBA | 1980 | Directory of Practices 1980 | | | |  | RSA | 1922 | | | | 544 War memorial |  | RSA | 1924 | | | | 533 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 10 June 1882 | | | p716 |  | Builder | Early 1924 | CXXVI | | pp975, 980-981 |  | Builder | 14 June 1963 | | | p1224 |  | Caledonian Mercury | 9 April 1836 | | | |  | Country Life | 6 March 1975 | | | Article by Alistair Rown 'George Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh'. |  | Country Life | 13 March 1975 | | | Fig 8 |  | Perthshire Advertiser | 14 April 1836 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | | Heriot Trust Papers | GD 421/1/7 | |  | Edinburgh University Library | Plans | 26 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27980 | Lauriston Place, George Heriot's School, Main Building |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 47885 | Gatehouse, terraces, war memorial etc |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of drawings in Heriot Trust Papers |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Library | | C75562-3 Photos of drawings by Lorimer |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Notman Collection Drawings | | Roll 4d, 42a, 44 (lodge) |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | George Reid: F no5107 (Combined Box 56) |
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