Buildings

Name

George Heriot's Hospital

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Notes

Information from NMRS. Gatehouse etc are B Listed. War memorial had sculpture by Phyllis Bone and Alex Cormick

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:

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Name	Current Name	Notes
George Heriot's School	Yes

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The building is classified under the following categories:

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Classification	Original Classification	Notes
Hospital	Not Known

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The following street addresses are associated with this building:

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Address	Current Address	Notes
Lauriston Place	Yes

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The following date-based events are associated with this building:

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Event Type	From	To	Notes
Build/construction	1628	164
Build/construction	1659		Some work on Hospital still being undertaken.
Build/construction	1693		Completion of steeple. Also stone cupola built.
Build/construction	1762		Gateway and porter\'s lodge on north side. Now demolished.
Addition	1828	1829	Gatehouse and terraces
	1833		Refacement of south, east and west elevations with Craigleith ashlar
Alterations and additions	1837		Interior of chapel refitted
	1888		Details and elevations, section of board room (survey?)
	1908		Alterations and additions for day pupils
	1911		Chemistry block
	1922c		War memorial
	1949		Additions and repairs to war memorial
Addition	1963/6		Extension announced by the Lord Provost.
Addition	197		Refectory and kitchen
Restoration	1982

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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.

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Person	Partnership Group	Role	From	To	Notes
William Wallace	A	Architect	1628	1631	Responsible for design
William Aytoun	F	Mason	1631	164
John Mylne junior	M	Mason	1648		Was instructed to take down the upper part of the south west tower abd rebuild it uniform with the others.
John Mylne junior	N	Mason	1659		Was still working at Heriot\'s Hospital
Robert Mylne	O	Mason	1693		Contracted to complete steeple in accordance with drawing he had submitted. Also built stone cupola.
John Fergus	Z	Architect	1759		Drew up and published with Robert Robinson a plan of the lands north of the castle belonging to Heriot\'s Hospital.
John Adam	F	Architect	1762		Gateway and porter\'s lodge on the north side. Now demolished.
William Henry Playfair	C		1828	1829	Gatehouse and terraces
William Notman	C		1828c	1829c	Undated survey plans possibly by Notman for Playfair
Alexander Black			1833		Refacement of south, east and west elevations in Craigleith ashlar (they were originally harled rubble)
James Gillespie Graham	E	Architect	1837		Interior of chapel refitted. Provided drawings gratuitously.
John Chesser			1870a	1889b
(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer			1888		Details and elevations, sections of board room (survey?)
John Anderson			1908		Alterations and additions for day pupils
John Anderson	B		1911		Interior alterations to main block

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This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):

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Notes	Name
	George Heriot's School, Preparatory Department and technical classrooms
To cost £8,000-9,000	George Heriot's School, Examination Hall
	George Heriot's School, Chemistry Block

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The following books contain references to this building:

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Author	Year	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
APSD		The Dictionary of Architecture	ed Wyatt Papworth	The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892)
Allen, Nic (ed.)		Scottish Architects in Conservation			p39
Braidwood, Niall C	1988	Dunn and Findlay and The Scotsman Building		RIBA Dissertation 1988	p179
Colvin, Howard	2008	A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840		London: YUP. 4th edition
Dunbar, John G	1966	Historic Architecture of Scotland			pp54-5
Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M	1984	Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland)		Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd	pp179-82
Mylne, R S		The Master Masons to the Crown of Scotland			pp144, 232
Pryde, D	1932	George Heriot's school
RIBA	1980	Directory of Practices 1980
RIBA	1975	RIBA Directory of practices
RSA	1922				544 War memorial
RSA	1924				533

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The following periodicals contain references to this building:

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Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Notes
Builder	1924E	CXXVI	pp975, 980-981
Builder	1963/6/14		p1224
Country Life	1975/03/13		Fig 8
Country Life	1975/03/06		Article by Alistair Rown 'George Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh'.
Builder	1882/06/10		p716
Caledonian Mercury	1836/04/09
Perthshire Advertiser	1836/04/14

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The following archives hold material relating to this building:

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Source	Name	Item Name	Notes
	Heriot Trust Papers	GD 421/1/7
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Drawings Collection		Copies of drawings in Heriot Trust Papers
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Notman Collection Drawings		Roll 4d, 42a, 44 (lodge)
Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	27980	Lauriston Place, George Heriot's School, Main Building
Edinburgh University Library	Plans	26
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	NMRS Library		C75562-3 Photos of drawings by Lorimer
RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		George Reid: F no5107 (Combined Box 56)
Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	47885	Gatehouse, terraces, war memorial etc

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