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 | |
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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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