Basic Site Details Name: | Schaw's Hospital | Town, district or village: | Preston | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Jacobethan style | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hospital | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1831 | | | 'now building in the county of Haddington' | | c. 1979 | | Destruction/demolition | |
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 | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | George Smith | | | 1831 | | Superseded design by William Burn | | William Burn | | | 1831 | | Designed hospital - George Smith's design superseded Burn's. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | RSA | 1851 | | | | 346 | | Statham, Craig | 2011 | Lost East Lothian | | Birlinn | p188-189. Photo |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Transactions | 1870 | | | p125-8. List of works by Burn, compiled by T L Donaldson. |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | |
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