Basic Site Details Name: | Offices, warehouses, workshops, garages & cold storage rooms for Buttercup Dairy Company | Town, district or village: | Leith | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | This was a 2-acre site on which Cairns also built a poultry farm, an office block and two cottages. | Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 380-382, Easter Road | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | After 1908 | Before 1928 | | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | James Davidson Cairns | | A | After 1915 | | Site bought in 1915 and built up soon thereafter. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Buttercup Dairy Company | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Scott, Bill | 2011 | The Buttercup: the Remarkable Story of Andrew Ewing and the Buttercup Dairy Company | | Alnwick: Leghorn Books | p25-26 (perspective by Tom Curr p40) |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Davidson Cairns: F no 2680 (box 10) |
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