Basic Site Details Name: | Scottish Veterans' Garden Cities Association Settlement, Kitchener Crescent | Town, district or village: | Longniddry | City or county: | East Lothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The first Garden Settlement, which has been formed at Longniddry, East Lothian, for the purpose of housing our disabled soldiers and sailors in the Royal Scots area by the Scottish Veterans Garden City Association, has been opened. In the beginning of 1916 the site was fixed upon and plans were prepared by Messrs Henry and MacLennan of Edinburgh for the erection of sixty cottage houses, each surrounded by a small garden. Twenty cottages have been erected and three of them are occupied. More would have been built but the Association was prevented from going on by the Government regulation that no fresh buildings should be erected without the consent of the Ministry of Ammunitions. The cottages are all self-contained, with their own ground. The settlement is built in the shape of a crescent and it is proposed to lay out a large proportion of the ground in front as a recreation ground. [Builder 19 October 1917 p229]
Scottish Veterans' Garden City Association founded May 1915. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Colorado Springs Cottages | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Housing | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Aberlady Road | | | | Kitchener Crescent | Yes | | | Wemyss Terrace | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1916 | 1922 | | |
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 | | Henry & Maclennan | | A | 1916 | 1922 | | | James Macintyre Henry | | A | 1916 | 1922 | | | Thomas Forbes Maclennan | | A | 1916 | 1922 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Scottish Veterans Garden City Association | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p317 | | Rosenburg, Lou | 2016 | Scotland's Homes fit for Heroes: Garden City Influences on the Development of Scottish Working Class Housing, 1900-1939 | | Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies: The Word Bank | p212-13 | | RSA | 1944 | | | | 616 | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1923 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 19 October 1917 | | | p227 opening | | Builder | Early 1920 | CXVIII | | p446 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 13163 | 1, 2 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 13164 | Nos 7, 8, 9, 10 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 13165 | nos 3, 4, 13, 14 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 13166 | Nos 5, 6, 11 & 12, 15, 16, 17 and 18 |
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