Basic Site Details
| Name: | Midlothian County Artillery Volunteers Property Drill Hall & adjoining tenement |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | C Listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Heriot-Watt Student's Union | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| 30-42, Grindlay Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| February 1866 | Drawings | ||
| April 1888 | Drawings for alterations and new wing | ||
| c. 1920 | Alterations | ||
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 George Hood Kinnear | A | 1866 | |||
| John Dick Peddie | A | 1866 | |||
| Peddie & Kinnear | A | 1866 | |||
| Charles George Hood Kinnear | B | 1888 | Alterations and new wing at back | ||
| John More Dick Peddie | B | 1888 | Alterations and new wing at back | ||
| Kinnear & Peddie | B | 1888 | Alterations and new wing at back | ||
| James McLellan Fairley | C | c. 1920 | Alterations | ||
| Leadbetter, Fairley & Reid | C | c. 1920 | Alterations | ||
| Robert Stirling Reid | C | c. 1920 | Alterations | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Midlothian County Artillery Volunteers | Financed by bond taken out by Kinnear and other officers |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p269 | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 47880 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Cowie and Seaton Collection | CSE 1920/61/1 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | DPM/1860/82/2 | |
| Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 173437 | |