Basic Site Details Name: | Edinburgh Castle, Scottish National War Memorial | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | War memorial | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1919 | | | First scheme | | 1923 | | | Second scheme | | 1924 | 1927 | Construction | | | 1925 | | Design exhibited | Scheme for reconstruction of the barracks |
PeopleDesign and Construction
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Royal Academy exhibitors | | | | | 1925, no 1089 (scheme for reconstruction of barracks) | | RSA | 1926 | | | | 557 | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p177 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | Late 1927 | CXXIII | | pp42,43, 45, 46-48, 50-51, 80-84, 88-89, 118-119, 122-123 (illustration) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 48229 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Cowie and Seaton Collection | | CSE 1920/140/1 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | UC 4030 Framed drawing no 98 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | D7371- 4 Photos , LOR E/122/1-83, LOR E/178 (scheme showing plans and elevations of proposed tower) | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Photographic Archive | | B96234 Photo of first sketches. Also photos of drawings EDD 8/105. EDD 8/112 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Scott Morton (formerly Peter Miller) Collection, RIAS | | 4 drawings | | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 79631 | |
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