Basic Site Details
| Name: | Waverley Station, hotel and market scheme |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Unexecuted |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Total of 30 entrants in competition. Matheson's scheme perhaps designed to answer the Post Office near - symmetrically, watercolour from Peddie & Kinnear's office now in the possession of Mrs Scott Duncan appears to relate; photograph in NMRS. |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
 | Waverley Bridge | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1866 | 1869 | Competition | |
| 1869 | Design exhibited | 'Design for Grand National Hotel in combination with the new Waverley Station' | |
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 | |
| Charles Jopp | 1866 | Won competition (£350 premium) | |||
| Charles George Hood Kinnear | B | 1866 | 1869(?) | Competition proposal with unidentified engineer | |
| John Dick Peddie | B | 1866 | 1869(?) | Competition proposal with unidentified engineer | |
| Peddie & Kinnear | B | 1866 | 1869(?) | Competition proposal with unidentified engineer | |
| H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency) | C | 1866(?) | 'Design for Grand National Hotel in combination with the new Waverley Station' (with Matheson in private practice) | ||
| Robert Matheson | C | 1866(?) | 'Design for Grand National Hotel in combination with the new Waverley Station' (Matheson in private practice) | ||
| Bryce McMaster | D | 1866 | Second premiated competition design (£150 premium) | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| North British Railway Company | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | London: Mansell Publishing | ||
| RSA | 1869 | 679 (Matheson design) | |||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 1866 | XXIV | p199 | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Photographic Archive | Copy of drawing in possession of Mrs Scott Duncan | |
| RIAS Collection, NMRS, RCAHMS | RIAS Drawings Collection | ||