Basic Site Details
| Name: | New premises for Young Women's Christian Association |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Unexecuted |
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| Notes: |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | YWCA | Yes | |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Castle Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 21 August 1938 | Plans for proposed new premises (not built?) dated | ||
| 1940 | Design exhibited | ||
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 | |
| Frank James Connell | A | 1938 | |||
| Leslie Grahame Thomson & Connell | A | 1938 | |||
| Leslie Grahame Thomson (or Leslie Grahame-Thomson; later Leslie Grahame MacDougall) | A | 1938 | |||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| McKean, Charles | 1987 | The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction | Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press | P197 | |
| Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1940 | 43 | |||
| RSA | 1940 | 528 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Leslie Grahame Thomson MacDougall Collection | LGM 1930/30/1 | |