Basic Site Details Name: | Loretto School Chapel | Town, district or village: | Musselburgh | City or county: | Midlothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost of 1891-93 work: £2,618. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Chapel | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | High Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1891 | 1893 | | |  | 1919 | 1922 | | Refurnishing (including war memorial screen of 1919). Also war memorial panels |  | 1962 | 1965 | | Enlargement which replaced work by Honeyman & Keppie and Matthew. Lorimer furnishings retained |  | Before 1996 | | | Additions |
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 |  | Honeyman & Keppie | Architectural practice | A | 1891 | 1893 | |  | John Honeyman | Architect | A | 1891 | 1893 | |  | John Keppie | Architect | A | 1891 | 1893 | |  | (Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer | Architect | | c. 1922 | | Refurnishing. War memorial panels. War memorial screen |  | Kenneth Edward Graham | Architect | B | 1962 | 1965 | Partner in charge - enlargement which replaced work by Honeyman & Keppie and Matthew. Lorimer furnishings retained. |  | Robert Hogg Matthew | Architect | B | 1962 | 1965 | Enlargement which replaced work by Honeyman & Keppie and Matthew. Lorimer furnishings retained. |  | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners (RMJM) | Architectural practice | B | 1962 | 1965 | Enlargement which replaced work by Honeyman & Keppie and Matthew. Lorimer furnishings retained. |  | Lorimer & Matthew | Architectural practice | C | 1962 | 1963 | Stuart Matthew began the designs for the new enlargement, working with Robert Matthew, however due Stuart's poor health the project was taken over by RMJM in 1963. |  | Stuart Russell Matthew | Architect | C | 1962 | 1963 | Stuart Matthew began the designs for the new enlargement, working with Robert Matthew, however due Stuart's poor health the project was taken over by RMJM in 1963. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Almond, Hely-Hutchison | Presented by old boys to their headmaster, then owner of the school |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsParent Structure and SiteThis structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | Building name | Notes |  | Pinkie House | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Glendinning, Miles | 2008 | Modern architect: the life and times of Robert Matthew | | RIBA Publishing | p291-2 |  | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p339 |  | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | |  | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | p129 |  | The Loretto Register | 1966 | The Loretto Register | 4th Edition | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architectural Heritage | 2003 | XIV | | p131 Illustration |  | Scotsman | 25 May 1996 | | | Obituary of Stuart Matthew |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job Book (Honeyman work) |  | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 237 |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR L/34 |
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