Basic Site Details
| Name: | Saughton Golf Course Housing Estate (Whitson) |
| Town, district or village: | Saughton |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Saughton Golf Course housing estate was planned in 1931 with 674 houses on a 37 acre site. The layout is by George Clark Robb. Includes a grand 525ft long crescent - Whitson Crescent. There are 486 houses in tenements and 188 in flatted blocks. Designs by various architects. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1932 | 1933 | ||
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 | |
| Andrew A MacCulloch | 1931 | Designer of Type 5a tenement at Saughton Golf Course | |||
| George Clark Robb | 1931 | 1932 | As architect in Edinburgh City Architects Dept. Planned layout of Saughton Golf Course (Whitson). Also designed Type 1c flatted block with James Moffat Aitken. | ||
| James Moffatt Aitken | 1931 | Designed housing at Saughton - including co-designer of Saughton Crescent. Also designed Type 1c flatted block with George Clark Robb | |||
| James Watt Sheehan | 1931 | Designed tenements at Saughton including co-designer of the main crescent. | |||
| John Mailler Scott | 1931 | Designer of Type 26 tenement used at Saughton. The 'broken roof' model. | |||
| Thomas William Leslie Dorrance | 1931 | Designer of Type 23 tenement at Saughton Golf Course | |||
| Ebenezer James MacRae | 1932 | 1933 | As City Architect | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Edinburgh City Council | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Steven Robb | 2017 | Ebenezer MacRae and Interwar Housing in Edinburgh | Vol.13 | The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architect and Building News | 1932 | Jan-June | p322 | |
| Builder | Early 1934 | CXLVI | p5 (Illustration of houses in The Quadrant) | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Ebenezer James MacRae: F no3192 (box 18) | |