Basic Site Details
| Name: | Scottish Gas Board Headquarters |
| Town, district or village: | Gypsybrae, Granton |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | £600,000 |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Office | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 8 April 1966 | Scheme accepted | Planning permission and Dean of Guild approval given | |
| 2 September 1966 | Contract offered | Contract awarded to James Turner & Co. Ltd | |
| August 1967 | Build/construction | Work is expected to start shortly on erection of £50,000 computer block for Scottish Gas Board's new headquarters complex. | |
| 1968 | Build/construction | Training Centre extension | |
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 | |
| Thomas Riddell Hughes | A | 1965 | |||
| James Barr & Son | 2 September 1966 | Quantity surveyor | |||
| James Turner & Co. Ltd | 2 September 1966 | ||||
| Scottish Gas Board Architects | 2 September 1966 | Design by SGB's "design and construction department" as per Building p174 | |||
| Allan Fraser Bell | B | 1968 | Training Centre extension | ||
| Gordon McQuattie Farquharson | B | 1968 | Training Centre extension | ||
| James Parr & Partners | B | 1968 | Training Centre extension | ||
| James Reginald Parr | B | 1968 | Training Centre extension | ||
| Joseph Frank Wynne | B | 1968 | Training Centre extension | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Scottish Gas Board | |
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 | p603 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Building | 8 April 1966 | p139 | ||
| Building | 2 September 1966 | p174 | ||
| Building | 18 August 1967 | p125 | ||