Basic Site Details
| Name: | Jamaica Mews housing |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Consisted of 110 flats. Cost: £1,490,796. Saltire Housing Commendation, 1981. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Jamaica Street housing | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Flats | ||
| Housing | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Jamaica Mews | ||
| Jamaica Street | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1979 | 1981 | Build/construction | |
| 1981 | Won award or awards | Saltire Housing Commendation | |
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 | |
| Alan McLay | A | 1979 | 1981 | Joint job architect | |
| Kenneth Donald | A | 1979 | 1981 | Joint partner in charge | |
| Laurence Robertson | A | 1979 | 1981 | Joint job architect | |
| Philip Cocker & Partners | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| Philip Stanley Cocker | A | 1979 | 1981 | Joint partner in charge | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Link Housing Association | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p350 | |
| Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | p562 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Philip Cocker | Information sent via DSA website, November 2009 | ||