Basic Site Details
| Name: | Castle Terrace Development |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Unexecuted |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Despite the competition win, approval by Royal Fine Art Commission, the planning consent granted and the building control approval given, the project was abandoned through lack of money. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Hilton Hotel proposal | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Hotel | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Castle Terrace | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1988 | Plans drawn up | Won competition but project abandoned | |
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 | |
| Sidney K Firmin | B | 1900s | First asked to produce a sheme. Wedgwood asked for advice but produced an alternative scheme. | ||
| Harold Roland Wedgwood | A | 1979 | 1983 | Won competition but project abandoned | |
| James Fergus Lenaghan | A | 1979 | 1983 | Won competition but project abandoned | |
| Robert ('Bob') Iain Stewart Anderson | A | 1979 | 1983 | Won competition but project abandoned | |
| Roland Wedgwood & Partners | A | 1979 | 1983 | Won competition but project abandoned | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Crudens Development Ltd Glasgow | |
| Hilton | |
| Noga-Hilton | Later Hilton became Noga-Hilton |
References
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Alastair Scott | Information given to Dictionary | September 2015 | |
| Courtesy of Bob Anderson | Information to Yvonne Hillyard in interview, June 2011 | ||