Basic Site Details Name: | The Bridewell Prison | Town, district or village: | Calton Hill | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Prison | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Calton Hill | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1780 | 1782 | Proposed | Schemes by Craig for Bridewell - not executed. | | 1791 | 1795 | Build/construction | | | c. 1884 | | Destruction/demolition | |
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 | | James Craig | | B | 1780 | | Craig paid for plans for a Bridewell (two schemes). Craig's designs engraved in 1780 and later published in a pamphlet which is related to a later proposal by Provost David Steuart on the subject of a Bridewell. Later pamphlet dated 1782. Both proposals seem to have been for a site on the old City wall. | | James Brown | | C | 1782 | | Drew up plans which were published | | Robert Adam | | A | 1791 | 1795 | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Cruft, K and Fraser, A (ed) | 1995 | James Craig 1744-1795 | | | pp114-5 |
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