Ruskin Lane Consulting Autumn 2013 | Page 30

FEATURES HISTORIC SCOTLAND buildings. Coincidentally, our other recent publication may represent another aspect of student life! Pubs of Edinburgh and Glasgow is the first in our series of postcard packs, designed to celebrate Scotland’s most fascinating buildings. It contains 20 detachable postcards featuring some of the cities’ most historic and beautiful pubs. Both publications can be purchased online from our website at http://bit.ly/17dCgsz. Paperback copies of Building Knowledge retail at £19.95, while the postcard pack is available for just £7.95. Since our spring update we have refreshed our web-pages. We provide more guidance on how long a listing proposal will take and have created a new and more informal space on the website for posting project updates. We are also reviewing the style and format of the list descriptions. Significant listing cases undertaken in the Listing work Richmond Hall last 6 months include the assessment of the former twin gun battery at Carlingnose in North Queensferry. Operational from 1902, this red brick and reinforced concrete structure was an early and important part of an inner line of defence across the Firth of Forth, protecting the mercantile interests of the Forth. Carlingnose Battery had been scheduled as a monument of national importance in 1996, but a subsequent adaptation for occupation meant that a reassessment of the designation was necessary, as scheduled monuments are not normally inhabited. It is now recognised through listing and has been listed at category A. We also listed the Richmond Hall in 30 I Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire at category B in April. This distinctive Arts and Crafts community hall was designed by the Glasgow architect James Miller in 1924, and is similar in style to his hall at Forteviot, Perthshire. The hall has a tall, tapered entrance bay, large windows and is a prominent building in the village. The Dictionary of Scottish Architects is constantly being expanded and updated to include new information. Currently the main thrust of our work is to obtain more complete coverage of the post-war period. However, we strive to make the Dictionary as relevant as possible to the needs of our users and in order to do so, we have launched an online survey on the Dictionary website. We warmly encourage users to take a few minutes to complete this. The results of the survey will be available later in the year and we hope to use the results to shape the future direction of the Dictionary. The Dictionary continues to receive much useful information from users both at home and abroad. The South African Built Environment project (www.artefacts.co.za) has sent a range of useful material in recent weeks. Similarly new material arrives from time to time from Australia. One such email revealed the whole story of Joseph Doane, for whom there was previously just a brief entry in the Dictionary. Doane was born in Nova Scotia where his family were prominent citizens. He probably did not have a formal architectural training but learnt his skills working with his father as a carpenter and with his brother Warren who ran a shipbuilding business. In 1852 he left for the goldfields in Ballarat, Victoria, on h \˜