Basic Site Details
| Name: | Longstone Housing Estate |
| Town, district or village: | Longstone |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
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Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1921 | 1922 | ||
| 19 August 1960 | Contract offered | 'two firms of national contractors [offered contracts] for pilot schemes at Longstone and Muirhouse where existing prefab housing will be replaced with flatted buildings'; estimated to cost £18m. over the next ten years' per Builder p310 | |
| 19 August 1960 | Contract offered | '4,000 prefabs replaced by 9,000 flatted homes costing about £18m. James Miller & Partners, Ltd., have been invited to redevelop a site at Longstone, and work on other pilot schemes at Muirhouse, Ferniehill, and Niddrie Marischal will commence next summer' per Builder p329 | |
| 22 January 1965 * | Scheme accepted | £1,440,000 housing development by Edinburgh Corporation approved by Dean of Guild Court | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 | |
| David McArthy | 1921 | 1922 | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Frew, John | 1994 | Concrete, cosmopolitanism and low-cost housing: the architectural career of A H Campbell, 1923-1926 | V | Architectural Heritage, pp29-38 | p33 |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 19 August 1960 | 'Notes of the Week: Redevelopment at Edinburgh' p310 | ||
| Builder | 19 August 1960 | 'Redevelopment at Edinburgh: Contractors to be Given Charge of Architectural Design' p329 | ||
| Builder | 19 August 1960 | '£18m. Flats Project for Edinburgh' p348 | ||
| Builder | 22 January 1965 | p220 | ||
| Scotsman | 5 August 1960 | source cited in Builder 19 Aug 1960 | ||