Basic Site Details Name: | 14 Heriot Row | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | £29,000 spent on rennovation for use by Sir Hugh Robson | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Terraced house | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 14, Heriot Row | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1802 | 1808 | Build/construction | | | 1970S | | Rehabilitation | Rennovated for the Principal of The University of Edinburgh: Sir Hugh Robson |
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 | | William Sibbald | | A | 1802 | 1808 | 1-19 Heriot Row Nos 13 and 14 are traditionally said to be the first houses built in the Second New Town (HS Listing) |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsParent Structure and SiteThis structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | Building name | Notes | | New Town, northern extension | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | pp335-6, 347-8 | | McKean, Charles | 1992 | Edinburgh: an illustrated architectural guide | | | pp112-13 | | Peacock, Helen; | 1978 | The unmaking of Edinburgh the decay, depopulation and destruction of central Edinburgh, an argument for city centre livi | | | p29 | | RCAHMS | 1951 | The Royal Commission on the Ancient Monuments of Scotland. An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the c | | RCAHMS, Edinburgh | p141 | | Youngson, A J | 1966 | The Making of Classical Edinburgh | | Edinburgh University Press | pp208, 210-12, 225, 270-1 |
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