Basic Site Details Name: | Royal Botanic Garden, glasshouses | Town, district or village: | Inverleith | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Consulting engineers LR Creasy (Structural), A McDougall, T Dowie (mechanincal and electrical) | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Royal Botanic Garden, exhibition plant houses | | | | Royal Botanic Garden, greenhouses | | | | Royal Botanic Garden, hothouses | | | | Royal Botanic Garden, plant houses | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Glasshouse | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Inverleith Row | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1962 | | | Commission Date | | 1963 | 1968 | Plans dated | | | 1963 | 1965 | Plans drawn up | Design period | | 1965 | 1967 | Build/construction | Dates from DOCOMOMO fiche DW | | 1969 | | Won award or awards | Civic Trust Award |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | Allan Pendreigh | | A | 1963 | 1968 | Responsible for the actual design as architect with the Department of the Environment with George Pearce and John Johnson. | | George Albert Henry Pearce | | A | 1963 | 1968 | With John Johnson - as architects for the Department of the Environment | | H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency) | | A | 1963 | 1968 | With Pearce and Johnson as architects in charge. | | John Johnson | | A | 1963 | 1968 | With George Pearce - as architects for the Department of the Environment | | L R Creasy | | A | 1965 | 1967 | Worked as a consultant for the Plant Exhibtion Houses with George A H Pearce |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | p576 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p29, p163 | | Willis, Peter | 1977 | New architecture in Scotland | | | p72-3 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building | 1 December 1967 | | | p85-6 [photos and plans] |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | G A H Pearce collection | | DC 44756-44818, DC 44847-44860, DC 448101, DC 4475658 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Photographic Archive | | Acc No 2005/180 | | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 128309 | |
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