Doors Open Days Edinburgh 2006 Buildings

Doors Open Day, Edinburgh : Architecture

Access to Key Properties, Edinburgh, Scotland

30 Sep 2006

Organisers: The Cockburn Association, Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street

Contact for info: 0131 557 8686

Doors Open Day Buildings

Doors Open Day Edinburgh buildings for 2006 (alphabetical) with links:

4 Brighouse Park Gait
2006
Caer Amon, Cramond
Richard Murphy Architects
Caer Amon

7 Lochside View
–
Edinburgh Park
Allan Murray Architects
7 Lochside View

11 Grosvenor Crescent, Ground and Basement Flat
–
11 Grosvenor Crescent
–

15 Old Fishmarket Close
2000 conversion
Richard Murphy Architects
Tron Housing

28 Charlotte Square, National Trust for Scotland (HLF)
28 Charlotte Square
Robert Adam, Robert Reid
Charlotte Square

Alien Rock – Old St Andrews Church
19C, refurbished
8 Pier Place, Newhaven
–

Anatomy Lecture Theatre & Anatomy Resource Centre
1874
University of Edinburgh, Doorway 3, Medical School, Teviot Place
Robert Rowand Anderson

Ashworth Laboratories, Natural History Museum (Aubrey Manning Gallery)
1927
University of Edinburgh: King’s Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh
John F Matthew

Augustine United Church
1861
George IV Bridge
JMW & JM Hay
Augustine Church

Breakfast Mission
2000 conversion
Richard Murphy Architects
Breakfast Mission

British Geological Survey
1977
Murchison House, West Mains Road
Property Services Agency

Central Garage, Lothian Buses Plc
1922-34
Annandale Street
G M Holmes, E J MacRae

Cockburn Association
16C
Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street
–
Cockburn Association

Central Library
1890
George IV Bridge
George Washington Brown
Edinburgh Library

Central Mosque
1998
50 Potterow
Basil Bayati
Central Mosque

Crocket’s Land
1700
91-93 West Bow
–

Craiglockhart Campus
19th century
Glenlockhart Road
various architects
Craiglockhart Campus

Corstorphine Police Station
–
28 Meadowplace Road
Campbell & Arnott

Dolphin House
1788-90
4 Hunter Square
John Baxter jnr

Edinburgh Park Marketing Suite, Park Centre
1995
5 Lochside Place, Edinburgh Park
Campbell & Arnott
Edinburgh Park

Edinburgh Printmakers
–
23 Union Street
–

Edinburgh SNP Club
1824
First flat left, 16 North St Andrew Street
David Paton

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
–
25 Hawthornvale
–
Edinburgh Society of Musicians
1891
3 Belford Road
George Washington Brown

Edinburgh World Heritage Trust
1796
5 & 28 Charlotte Square
Robert Adam
Charlotte Square

French Institute Library
1822
13 Randolph Crescent
James Gillespie Graham

Greyfriars Kirk
1620
Greyfriars Place
–
Greyfriars Kirk

Harmeny School
1906-07; redeveloped 1999
Mansfield Road, Balerno
R R Anderson, Robert Lorimer; Richard Murphy Architects
Harmeny School

HBOS Headquarters
1863
The Mound
David Bryce
HBOS Headquarters

Laudate House – Church of the German Speaking Congregation in Edinburgh
1967
1 Chalmers Cresent
George Garson

Maggie’s Centre
1996; 2001
The Stables, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South
Richard Murphy Architects
Maggie’s Centre

Mary Erskine School
c. 1800
Ravelstone House
Alexander Leith

Morningside Parish Church
1890, 1901
Cluny Gardens/ Braid Road
Hippolyte Blanc

Muirhouse St Andrews Parish Church
1963
Pennywell Gardens
Howard Taylor

Museum Collection Centre
–
10 Broughton Street
–

National Library of Scotland
1934-55
George IV Bridge
Reginald Fairlie
National Library Edinburgh

Nelson Hall Community Centre
1913
5 Spittalfield Crescent
Thomas Nelson and Sons

North Edinburgh Arts Centre
–
15a Pennywell Court, Muirhouse
Zoo Architects
North Edinburgh Arts Centre

Parliament House
1637, 1803
Parliament Square
John Scott, Robert Reid

RGA Consulting
Georgian; conversion in 2005
7 Dean Bank Lane
Conversion by Brennan and Wilson

Reid Concert Hall
1859
Bristo Square
Professor John Donaldson

Riddle’s Court
1590
322 Lawnmarket
–

Royal Lyceum Theatre
1883-1996
Grindlay Street
C J Phipps
Royal Lyceum Theatre

Royal Observatory
1892-94
Blackford Hill
W W Robertson
Royal Observatory

Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
1819, altered 1830-40
15 Rutland Square
Archibald Elliot, John Tait

St Davids Tower
–
Edinburgh Castle
–
Edinburgh Castle

St Andrew’s and St George’s Church
1780’s
13 George Street
–
St Andrews and St Georges Church

St Cuthbert’s Episcopal Church
1889
Colinton
Robert Rowand Anderson

St Cecilia’s Hall Museum of Instruments
1763
Niddry Street, Cowgate
Robert Mylne
St Cecilias Hall

St John’s Church
1818
Princes Street
William Burn
St Johns Church

St Mark’s Unitarian Church
1835
7 Castle Terrace
David Bryce

St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral
1813-91
Broughton Street
J. Gillespie Graham, John Biggar, Buchan & Bennett
St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral

Scottish Arts Club
1830, 1895
24 Rutland Square
John Tait

Scottish Book Trust, Sandeman House
1916
Trunk’s Close, 55 High Street
–

Scottish Poetry Library
1999
5 Crichton’s Close, 112 Canongate
Malcolm Fraser Architects
Scottish Poetry Library

Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-45 High Street
Malcolm Fraser
2006
Scottish Storytelling Centre

Seafield Crematorium
1939
Seafield Road
–

Stills Gallery
23 Cockburn Street
Reiach and Hall Architects
–
Stills Gallery

Thomas Thomson House
1994
99 Bankhead Crossway North
Building Design Partnership

University of Edinburgh: Chancellor’s Building
2002
49 Little France Crescent
–

University of Edinburgh: Old Moray House
1618
174 Canongate
–
University of Edinburgh: Playfair Library Hall
1789-1827
Old College, University of Edinburgh
Robert Adam, William Playfair, Robert Rowand Anderson
South Bridge
Old College

University of Edinburgh: Talbot Rice Gallery, Old College
–
South Bridge
–

Links to many of the above buildings : Edinburgh buildings Tours

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