Basic Site Details Name: | Royal Botanic Garden, lecture hall, classrooms, museum and offices | Town, district or village: | Inverleith | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The classroom is now the Conference Room within the 1910 buildings | 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 | | 1848 | 1851 | | | | May 1851 | | Opened | New classroom opened | | June 1851 | | Opened | Robert Reid's classroom converted to Museum of Economic Botany and opened | | January 1852 | | Opened | Robert Reid's classroom opened to public |
PeopleDesign and Construction
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 | | | p141-2 | | Historic Scotland Lists | | | | | | | Noltie, Henry | 2016 | Indian Forester, Scottish Laird: the Botanical Livers of Hugh Cleghorn of Stravithie | | Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden | pp35, 47 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 49213 | | | National Records of Scotland (formerly SRO, later NAS) | Ministry of Works files | | |
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