Basic Site Details
| Name: | Prestonfield Council Housing Scheme |
| Town, district or village: | Prestonfield |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Planned by AH Campbell in 1925 as a slum clearance scheme for those decanted from St Leonards. around 660 houses built out from c1927. Estate contained an experimental Primary School and nursery (both with public art), Child Welfare clinic, bowling green and Cameron House, an C18th house restored by the Edinburgh University Settlement as a community centre. |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
 | Prestonfield Avenue | Large triangle to S built with Corporation housing | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1927 | 1931 | ||
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 | |
| Adam Horsburgh Campbell | 1925 | 1931 | Campbell planned Prestonfield in 1925. It was taken forward by MacRae after mid 1926. | ||
| Ebenezer James MacRae | 1925 | 1931 | As City Architect | ||
| Edinburgh City Architect's Department (Edinburgh Corporation) | A | 1925 | 1931 | ||
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 | p641 | |
| Steven Robb | 2017 | Ebenezer MacRae and Interwar Housing in Edinburgh | Vol.13 | The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Ebenezer James MacRae: F no3192 (box 18) | |