Basic Site Details
| Name: | Senior School |
| Town, district or village: | West Calder |
| City or county: | Midlothian |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Uncertain if this competition ever came to fruition - was the new building executed? Perhaps simply alterations made. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | West Calder Infants School | Yes | Presumed to be on same site |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| School | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1896 | Design exhibited | Design exhibited at RA | |
| 1897 | Design exhibited | ||
| After 1902 | Before 1912 | Extensions | |
People
Design and Construction
| The 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 | |
| George Washington Browne | A | 1897 | Design exhibited | ||
| John More Dick Peddie | A | 1897 | Design exhibited | ||
| Peddie & Washington Browne | A | 1897 | Design exhibited | ||
| James Graham Fairley | B | 1897 | Design exhibited | ||
| Robert Matthew Mitchell | B | 1897 | As assistant to Fairley - perhaps working on new design or alterations? | ||
| William Baillie | After 1902 | Before 1912 | Extensions | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Academy Architecture | 1897 | part 1 | p65 | ||
| Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1896, no 1661 |
| Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1898 | 267 | |||
| RSA | 1897 | 498 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | William Baillie: L v23 no1841; Robert Matthew Mitchell: Lv19 no1466 | |