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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
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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 \