University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area: Buccleuch Place redevelopment, 1969-1972
Scope and Contents
Buccleuch Place redevelopment consists of:
- plans: proposed alterations for various houses in Buccleuch Place, (1951-1972)
- plans: Buccleuch Place survey - preliminary survey of accommodation as used May 1969, (1969)
Dates
- Creation: 1969-1972
Creator
- Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) (Organization)
Language of Materials
This material is in English
Physical Description
1 plan file
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, a street of Georgian Tenements, lies immediately to the south of George Square and therefore became part of the University of Edinburgh's various redevelopment schemes. Property was acquired there in the 1950s and 1960s in anticipation of demolition - Percy Johnson-Marshall's Comprehensive Development Area (CDA) scheme envisaged the Arts Faculty buildings extending into Buccleuch Place during later phases of development. One block was demolished in 1959-1960 to make way for the first phase of the Arts Faculty Buildings. Other properties were converted into temporary University accommodation or were used to house tenants displaced by other developments in the area. With the abandonment of the CDA plan (1975) and the statutory listing of the surviving buildings, Buccleuch Street remains largely in University use.
Extent
From the undefined: 3 metres
Physical Description
1 plan file
Archivist's Note
None
Sarah Higgins 11 February 2004
Creator
- Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) (Organization)
Subject
- Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) (Organization)
- Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) (Organization)
- University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) (Organization)
- University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Arts (university faculty) (Organization)
Repository Details
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