Basic Site Details Name: | Fettes College | Town, district or village: | Comely Bank | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | School | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Carrington Road | Yes | |  | Crewe Road South | Yes | |  | Fettes Avenue | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1852 | | | Bryce appointed architect to Fettes |  | November 1862 | | | Drawings dated - from this date onwards |  | 1864 | 1870 | Construction | School House |  | 1873 | | Construction | Old Sickhouse |  | 1874 | | | Grounds with iron fences; east and west lodges and gates finished |  | 1875 | | | College Museum opened |  | 1883 | | | Alterations to main building, new gym and squash courts (drawings dated) |  | 1895 | | | New window |  | 1901 | | | South African War Memorial |  | March 1935 | | | Plans dated - proposed new chapel (not executed) |  | 1936 | | | Interior renovation |  | 1939 | | | Hall and library |  | 22 January 1965 * | | Addition | Dean of Guild Court grants approval for extension, financed by £250,000 development fund (shared with George Watson's College) |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Trustees of Sir William Fettes | |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsChild StructuresThis structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details): | | Building Name | Notes |  | Fettes College Cricket Pavilion | Built in memory of John Yeo (House Master, Carrington 1885-1904). |  | Fettes College, building | estimated cost ₤24,000 CK - no further info given on which building this is... |  | Fettes College, Concert Hall | |  | Fettes College, Dalmeny House | Information on Bryce courtesy of Miss Lindsay, Fettes College. |  | Fettes College, Glencorse House (former) | Part of the original Fettes College complex, this Glencorse House was renamed Moredun House when the later Glencorse House (for which see separate entry), also by Bryce, was opened three years later. |  | Fettes College, Glencorse House (new) | See separate entry for the first Glencorse House (for which see separate entry), also by Bryce, which was part of the original Fettes College complex and had opened three years earlier; the latter building's name was changed to Moredun House when this new Glencorse House was built. |  | Fettes College, Kimmerghame House | Information courtesy of Miss Lindsay, Fettes College. |  | Fettes College, Library | |  | Fettes College, New Chapel | See separate entry for the Kininmonth & Spence scheme of 1936 |  | Fettes College, new hall and new chapel | |  | Fettes College, new sanatorium | |  | Fettes College, new sanatorium and north lodge | Original drawings in Fettes |  | Fettes College, Science Block | |  | Fettes college, War Memorial | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Anderson, Kinloch | 1964 | Fettes | | Scottish Field, February 1964 | |  | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p574 |  | Macdonald, H F (ed) | 1970 | A Hundred Years of Fettes: Memories of Old Fettesians 1870-1970 | | Edinburgh | |  | RSA | 1863 | | | | 699, 718 |  | The Fettes College Register | 1970 | The Fettes College Register: Centenary Edition, 1870 to 1970 | | Edinburgh | pp xxix-xxxviii - summarised history of school |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 27 May 1876 | XXXIV | | Obituary of David Bryce |  | Builder | 22 January 1965 | | | p220 |  | Building News | 10 January 1864 | | | |  | Illustrated London News | 22 January 1864 | | | |  | RIBA Transactions | 1865 | | | Lecture by Bryce published |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Fettes College | Fettes College Archives | | Drawings, Trustees Minute Books |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 30222 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 30044 | Lodge and gates |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | Copies of drawings at Fettes: EDD 475/1-20 Bryce drawings; EDD 475/21-27 - R R Anderson 1883 alterations to main building; EDD 475/40-43 Rowand Anderson Moredun House, 44-46 Carrington House and 49-50 Glencorse House; EDD 475/51, 5 & 6 Moredun Crescent; EDD 475/23-29 gym and squash court; EDD 475/33-38 Rowand Anderson Paul & Partners Hall and Library; EDD 475/39 New chapel March 1935 schemes by Fairlie and James Miller & Son of Glasgow |
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