Basic Site Details Name: | Central Fire Station | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | At a meeting of the Plans and Works Committee of Edinburgh Town Council on the 4th inst, Mr Morham, the City Architect, submitted plans for the new central fire station at the south-west corner of the Cattle Market. These show buildings three stories in height in the Renaissance style with a high tower in the rear. The design comprises an engine house for four fire engines, stabling for six horses, duty room, private and clerks’ offices for the fire-master, gymnasium, recreation room and baths for the firemen, workshops for the engineer, joiners and painters, quarters for nine single men and dwelling houses for twenty-one married men, residence for the fire-master, hose tower, and stores and boiler houses. Mr Morham also submitted plans showing the suggested re-arrangement of the Cattle Market in consequence of the erection of the new fire station. A plan has likewise been prepared showing how, in the event of the Cattle Market being removed altogether from its present site, the ground might be made available for feuing with an access from Lauriston. It is suggested that tenements of houses might be erected on the north and east sides, leaving the remainder of the space for recreation and drill purposes. The estimated cost of the buildings, exclusive of site, is £23,500. [Builder 13 March 1897 p256] | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Fire station | | |
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 | | 1897 | 1901 | | | | 7 June 1900 | | Opened | | | 1913 | | | Tenement shell for fire practice |
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 | | Robert Jonas Gildard | | | 1897 | 1901 | Responsible for the drawings | | Robert Morham | | | 1897 | 1901 | Robert Gildard responsible for the drawings - under supervision of James Anderson Williamson | | James Anderson Williamson | | A | 1897 | 1901 | Working as Depute under Robert Morham | | James Anderson Williamson | | B | 1913 | | Tenement shell for fire practice |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1900 | | part 1 | | p101 | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p259 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 13 March 1897 | LXXII | | p256 | | Edinburgh Evening News | 6 March 1897 | | | | | RIBA Journal | 13 July 1935 | v42 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p1009 - obituary of James Anderson Williamson |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh City Archives | Edinburgh Dean of Guild | | 1897, 1898 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 30123 | |
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