Basic Site Details

Name: Buildings, 1-8 Baxter's Place and Greenside Lane
City or county: Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status:  
Grid ref:
Notes: Shopfronts now demolished

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1House  

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
 AddressMain entrance?Notes
Item 1 of 21-8, Baxter's Place  
Item 2 of 2Greenside Lane  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 51798(?) Proposed(?) 
Item 2 of 51800 Build/construction 
Item 3 of 518301835AdditionAddition of shop-fronts to 1-3 Baxter's Place and new buildings in Greenside Lane.
Item 4 of 519761978RestorationRestoration and office development
Item 5 of 51978 Won award or awardsEuropa Nostra Award

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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 9John Baxter C1800 Colvin states that it was John Baxter the builder who died in 1837 who designed and built these houses. However we know that the more important Baxter family owned land at Greenside Well around the corner so it seems very likely that they were initially responsible for the houses - and perhaps completed by the other John Baxter?
Item 2 of 9R & R Dickson B18301835Addition of shop-fronts to 1-3 Baxter's Place and new buildings in Greenside Lane.
Item 3 of 9Richard Dickson B18301835Addition of shop-fronts to 1-3 Baxter's Place and new buildings in Greenside Lane.
Item 4 of 9Robert Dickson B18301835Addition of shop-fronts to 1-3 Baxter's Place and new buildings in Greenside Lane.
Item 5 of 9David Greig Sibbald A19761978Restoration and office development 1-3 Baxter's Place.
Item 6 of 9David Irvine Pirie A19761978Restoration and office development 1-3 Baxter's Place.
Item 7 of 9Henry ('Harry') McFarlane Bunch A19761978Restoration and office development 1-3 Baxter's Place.
Item 8 of 9Ian McKerron Begg A19761978Restoration and office development 1-3 Baxter's Place.
Item 9 of 9Robert Hurd & Partners (or R A Hurd & Partners) A19761978Restoration and office development 1-3 Baxter's Place.

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Laing Development Co 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 3Colvin, Howard2008A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 London: YUP. 4th edition 
Item 2 of 3Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M1984Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltdp448
Item 3 of 3RIBA1981Directory of Practices 1981   

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 2Courtesy of David G SibbaldInformation sent via DSA website Sent July 2009
Item 2 of 2National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)Register of Sasines