Basic Site Details Name: | Royal Botanic Garden, laboratory building | Town, district or village: | Inverleith | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The Edinburgh Dean of Guild Court has granted warrants to H M Commissioners of Works for the erection of new laboratories etc. at the Botanical Gardens and extensive alterations. The new building will contain on the ground floor a classroom, (61 feet by 29 feet), a water culture room, (27 feet by 20 feet), also two photographic darkrooms, dark culture room, workshop and room for pathology and apparatus; while on the first floor will be placed the mycological laboratory, the photomicrography room and rooms for research work. There is also an assembly hall, 41 feet long and 15 feet 6 inches broad and here is situated the main staircase. A secondary staircase is being provided near the west end of the south wing. The whole of the structure will be of the most modern fireproof and vermin proof construction and materials, the walls being built of two thichnesses of brick with cavity between and the external faces finished entirely in roughcast or harling with stone front to Inverlieth Row. The roofs will be covered with stone slates. The plans have been prepared and the erection of the building is being supervised by H M Office of Works under the direction of Mr W T Oldrieve. [Builder 23 October 1909 p443]
At this time the north wing of the building was not to be erected. [Builder 20 November 1909 p566]. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Laboratory | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 20A, Inverleith Row | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1909 or 1910 | | | | | c. 1930 | | | Completion |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | H M Commissioners of Works | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Fletcher and Brown | 1970 | The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 1670-1970 | | | p141-142 and p150 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 23 October 1909 | | | p443 | | Builder | 20 November 1909 | | | p566 - additional details |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh City Archives | Edinburgh Dean of Guild | | Plans dated 21 October 1909 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 49213 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | John Thomas Galletly: L v17 no1276 |
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