Basic Site Details
| Name: | Portobello Secondary School |
| Town, district or village: | Portobello |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | 1550 places |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Holy Rood RC School | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| School | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Duddingston Road West | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1962 | Proposed | ||
| 1967 | 1971 | Build/construction | |
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 | |
| Bamber Hall & Partners | A | 1967 | 1971 | Begun when practice was Fairbrother Hall & Hedges | |
| David Malcolm Hall | A | 1967 | 1971 | ||
| David Roland Penman | A | 1967 | 1971 | ||
| Douglas Haig Bamber | A | 1967 | 1971 | ||
| Eric Willox | A | 1967 | 1971 | ||
| James Robertson Laidlaw | A | 1967 | 1971 | ||
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 | p557 | |
| RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | |||
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 | Bamber's paper: F no5579 (Combined Box 88) | |