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Basic Site Details
| Name: | St Mary's Street development, Ben Line Building |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Cost of Moira & Moira work £1,000,000 providing 5,400 square metres of office space |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | COMMERCIAL | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| St Mary's Street | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1971 | Build/construction | St Mary's Street development | |
| 1975 | 1977 | Build/construction | Ben Line Building |
| Before 1975 | Addition | Office interiors | |
| 1980 | Investigation | ||
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 | |
| Alistair F McLaren | Architect | A | 1971 | 1975 | Job architect |
| Betty Lydia Chetwynd Moira (née Leech) | Architect | A | 1971 | 1975 | 'Buildings of Scotland' gives 1975-1977 for Ben Line Building |
| David John Stamp | Architect | A | 1971 | 1975 | Job architect |
| James Wann | Architect | A | 1971 | 1975 | 'Buildings of Scotland' gives 1975-1977 for Ben Line Building. Partner in charge |
| Moira Moira & Wann | Architectural practice | A | 1971 | 1975 | 'Buildings of Scotland' gives 1975-1977 for Ben Line Building |
| Richard Edward Moira | Architect | A | 1971 | 1975 | 'Buildings of Scotland' gives 1975-1977 for Ben Line Building |
| Ian Grant Rogers | Architect | F | Before 1975 | Office interiors | |
| James Richard Latimer | Architect | F | Before 1975 | Office interiors | |
| Michael Donald Laird | Architect | F | Before 1975 | Office interiors | |
| Michael Laird & Partners | F | Before 1975 | Office interiors | ||
| Peter Burnett Caird | Architect | D | 1980 | Investigation - partner in charge | |
| Reiach & Hall | D | 1980 | Investigation | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| London Transport Pension Fund | Unclear which phase of work this applies to. |
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 | p233 | |
| Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | p584 | ||
| RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | |||
| RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Peter B Caird | Information sent to DSA | Sent March 2011 | |
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