Basic Site Details
| Name: | Jeffrey House, Boarding House for Edinburgh Academy |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B Listed |
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| Notes: | NB A drawing in the NMRS Cowie & Seaton Collection is titled 'House for Mr R J Mackenzie' (by A N Paterson) but this has to be either Scott House or Jeffrey House as both are designed by Paterson while Mackenzie House is designed by Ramsay Traquair. The whole project of building these boarding houses was masterminded by the then Rector of the Academy, Mr Robert J Mackenzie. |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
 | Inverleith Place | Given as address during construction | |
| 13, Kinnear Road | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1898 | 1899 | ||
| 1933 | 1937 | Alterations | |
People
Design and Construction
| The 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 | |
| Alexander Nisbet Paterson | 1898 | 1899 | |||
| James McLellan Fairley | A | 1933 | 1937 | Alterations | |
| Leadbetter, Fairley & Reid | A | 1933 | 1937 | Alterations | |
| Robert Stirling Reid | A | 1933 | 1937 | Alterations | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Edinburgh Academy Boarding House Coy Ltd | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Academy Architecture | 1898 | part 1 | pp58, 59 | ||
| Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p580 | |
| Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1899 | 739 (combined entry with Scott House) | |||
| RSA | 1898 | 563 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 49543 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Cowie and Seaton Collection | CSE 1890/1/1, CSE 1890/1/39 | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Alexander Nisbet Paterson: F v20 no1431 (microfilm reel 13) | |
| Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 153412 | |