Basic Site Details
| Name: | Broomhouse Housing Estate |
| Town, district or village: | Broomhouse |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | A preliminary layout for Phase I of the estate, comprising 256 houses, was approved in 1939. Work began on 72 houses, but progress was stopped due to the outbreak of WWII. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing Estate | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1938 | |||
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 | |
| George Learmonth Harkess Walls | A | 1938 | |||
| Stewart Kaye | A | 1938 | |||
| Stewart Kaye & Walls | A | 1938 | |||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Mactaggart & Mickel | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| RCAHMS | 1999 | Homebuilders: Mactaggart & Mickel and the Scottish housebuilding industry | RCAHMS | p 73, 78, 108, 112-6, 118, 122, 128, 142, 162, 166 | |