Basic Site Details Name: | Daniel Stewart's Hospital | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | £30,000. John Hutchison builder. Cost of Kininmonth extensions built 1970-1973 £400,000. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Daniel Stewart's and Melville College | | Current | | Daniel Stewart's College | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | School | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Daniel Stewart's Hospital, Queensferry Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | | 1972 | Completion | Completion of work begun in 1967. | | 1848 | 1855 | | | | 1894 | | | Roofing in of forecourt | | c. 1900 | | | Drawings by Marwick | | 1950s(?) | | Addition | Ceiling decoration in library | | December 1951 | | Scheme accepted | Warrant granted in the Dean of Guild Court to the Merchant Company Education Board for the erection of six additional classrooms at an estimated cost of £26,500. This block (2014) is now known as Dornoch. | | 1958 | | Completion | Completion of Dornoch classroom block. | | August 1967 | | Addition | Merchant Company Education Board to spend £250,000 on developments at College, including an arts and technical block, classrooms, games hall and dining, tearoom and kitchen block. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Merchant Company | Client for 1894 MacGibbon & Ross work | | Merchant Company Education Board | | | Trustees of Daniel Stewart | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | | | Campbell, Irwin | 1971 | Daniel Stewart's College | | Unpublished undergraduate thesis, University of Edinburgh, May 1971 | | | Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M | 1984 | Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) | | Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd | p388 | | Thomson, J | | A History of Daniel Stewart's College | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 30 November 1850 | VIII | | | | Builder | 29 November 1851 | IX | | | | Builder | 7 December 1951 | | | p813 | | Building | 4 August 1967 | | | p127 | | Building News | 1894 | | | Check date | | Civil Engineer and Architects' Journal | May 1852 | v15 | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27967 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | EDD/398/1-5 (Marwick's drawings) | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Watherston Collection | | EDD/398/1 (David Rhind drawing of sunk floor) | | NMRS (formerly Merchant Company Hall) | Merchant Company Archives | | Bound volume of working drawings | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | | Three sketch designs |
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