Basic Site Details
| Name: | Workmen's houses, West Port |
| Town, district or village: | Old Town |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | House | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Portsburgh Square | ||
| West Port | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1901 | Build/construction | ||
| 1979 | 1980 | Restoration | Conservation |
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 | |
| Edinburgh Burgh Engineers Office/Edinburgh City Engineer's Department | A | 1901 | |||
| John Galt Mitchell | A | 1901 | Working in Burgh Engineer's Office | ||
| John H Cooper | A | 1901 | As Burgh Engineer in charge of project | ||
| D Warren | A | 1979 | 1980 | Conservation | |
| T M Gray & Associates | C | 1979 | 1980 | Conservation | |
| Alan S Marshall | D | 1979 | 1980 | Conservation | |
| Thomas Maxwell Gray | D | 1979 | 1980 | Conservation | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Edinburgh Corporation | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Allen, Nic (ed.) | Scottish Architects in Conservation | p44 | |||
| Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p270 | |
| Johnson, Jim and Rosenburg, Lou | 2010 | Renewing Old Edinburgh: the Enduring Legacy of Patrick Geddes | Glendaruel: Argyll Publishing | pp107-108 | |
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 | John Galt Mitchell: L v1 no91 (microfilm reel 29) | |