Basic Site Details Name: | Scotsman Buildings | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost: £300,000. Sculptor Frederick Schenk. Niall Braidwood (see entry for Dunn & Findlay) gives the 'Architectural Review' 1902, pp103-105 as a reference for this building nbut this has proved to be incorrect. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | COMMERCIAL | | | | Office | | | | Hotel | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Cockburn Street | Yes | | | Market Street | Yes | | | 20-52, North Bridge | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1899 | 1903 | | | | 1945 | 1947 | Proposed | Scheme for redevelopment? | | 1990s(?) | | Reconstruction | Refitting as hotel |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Findlay, J R | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1899 | | part 1 | | p89 (original scheme, not as built) | | Academy Architecture | 1900 | | part 1 | | p115 | | Academy Architecture | 1902 | | part 2 | | pp103, 104, 105 | | Academy Architecture | 1903 | | Part 1 | | p107 | | Clarke, Jonathan | 2014 | Early Structural Steel in London Buildings: a discreet revolution | | English Heritage | p99 | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p224 | | Richite, John & Co | 1902 | The Scotsman Buildings | | | | | RSA | 1899 | | | | 469, 475 & 565 | | Scottish Civic Trust | 1983 | Historic Buildings at Work: a guide to the historic buildings of Scotland used by Central Government | | Scottish Civic Trust/Property Services Agency, Department of the Environment | pp108 & 115 | | The Scotsman | 1908 | The Scotsman New Buildings | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | British Architect | | 1899/06/02 | | | | Scotsman | 26 June 2010 | | | Obituary of Landels | | Trans… of the Edinburgh Architectural Association | 1908 | v4 | Edinburgh: Edinburgh Architectural Association | p60 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh City Archives | Edinburgh Dean of Guild | | 3 May 1898, 4 May 1899 and 17 May 1900 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 30143 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dunn and Findlay Collection | | DC 6912, DC9835-10123, EDD 213/1-302 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Watherston Collection | | Drawings bound into folio of lithographed plans advertising offices for rent 1902 (Dun & Finlay) | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | David Alston Beveridge: L v12 no732 (microfilm reel 33); James Bow Dunn: F v15 p131 no1006 (microfilm reel 11); William Kininmonth: F no5341 (Combined Box 9) |
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