Basic Site Details Name: | Dalkeith Central Area redevelopment | Town, district or village: | Dalkeith | City or county: | Midlothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Included shopping centre, department store, shops, flats, offices, licensed restaurant etc. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Community Centre | | | | Shopping centre | | 20 shops | | Office | | 3 suites of offices | | Housing | | | | Urban planning | | | | Library | | | | Sheltered housing | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 11 September 1959 | | Proposed | 20 shops (shopping centre), 3 suites of offices and housing to replace older property slated for demolition per Builder p226 | | 1960 | | Build/construction | Council Chambers. Second phase of the same date consists of canopied shops and 3-storey flats. | | February 1962 | | Build/construction | Redevelopment of the central area begun: shopping centre, housing and a new community hall. | | 1964 | | Build/construction | Phase 3 - slab walled block | | 1969 | | Build/construction | Phase 4- off South Street - predominantly brick |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p583 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p22 | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p164 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 11 September 1959 | | | p226 | | Builder | 9 February 1962 | | | p324 |
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