Basic Site Details
| Name: | St Cecilia's Hall |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | A listed |
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Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Hall | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Cowgate | ||
| Niddry Street | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1761 | 1763 | Build/construction | Original building |
| 1812 | Addition | Extension | |
| 1966 | 1968 | Alteration/conversion | Rebuilding |
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 | |
| George Paterson | G | 1760 | 1761 | Supervised the construction on behalf of Robert Mylne. | |
| Robert Mylne | F | 1761 | 1763 | ||
| Ian G Lindsay & Partners | A | 1966 | 1968 | Rebuilding | |
| Ian Gordon Lindsay | A | 1966 | 1968 | Rebuilding | |
| John Herdman Reid | A | 1966 | 1968 | Rebuilding. Nomination Paper records that Reid was responsible for this job. | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Edinburgh University | |
| Musical Society of Edinburgh | Client for original Mylne building |
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 | p187 | |
| RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | |||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Country Life | 15 August 1968 | |||
| The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club | 1933 | xix | p227 | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27760 | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | John Herdman Reid: F no6267 (Combined Box 129) | |