Basic Site Details Name: | Edinburgh Municipal Art College | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | EDINBURGH.—At the last Dean of Guild Court, plans were passed for the new Municipal Art Schools at the Cattle Market, Lauriston. Mr J M Dick Peddie is the architect, and it is estimated that the buildings will cost £40,800. The site of the school is the north part of the market, and the building will be in the form of a parallelogram, measuring 370 feet by 126 feet. There will be an access from Lauriston Street and another from Lady Lawson Street. There will be two internal courts, separated by the centre clock, which will contain the main staircase, and all the buildings surrounding these courts will be two stories high, excepting the west wing, which will be one story high. Over the main entrance there will be on the first floor a hall 60 feet by 30 feet. The building will bo treated in the simplest manner possible. The hewn work will be of red stone, and the rest of the wall surfaces of rubble from Hailes Quarry.[Building News 31 May 1907 p 753] | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Edinburgh College of Art | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | College | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Edinburgh Municipal Art College, Lauriston Place | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1906 | 1908 | | | | 1967 | | Proposed | Development plan - intially to involve Schools of Town Planning and Sculpture. | | 12 July 1968 | | Alteration/conversion | Scottish education department has authorised college governors to proceed with Phase 1 of alterations to main college building. |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Caswell McDowell, Dawn | 2002 | Drawings on the past: the Edinburgh College of Art (1906-1915) | | Architectural Heritage XIII, pp128-134 | | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p258 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | Rowan, Alastair | | Too good for Glasgow: the Edinburgh College | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 12 January 1907 | XCII | | | | Builder | 21 March 1908 | XCIV | | | | Building | 12 July 1968 | | | p139 | | Building News | 31 May 1907 | | | p753 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh City Archives | Edinburgh Dean of Guild | 1907/05/06 | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27974 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPM 1900/44/2 | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Forbes Smith: L v11 no656 (microfilm reel 33) |
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