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Standing Building Recording
Date 12 December 2016 - 19 December 2016
Event ID 1020207
Category Recording
Type Standing Building Recording
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1020207
NT 23111 72459 A historic building survey was undertaken, 13 – 19 December 2016, of the main stand to the E side of Tynecastle Football Ground, prior to its replacement with a new stand.
The stand was built in 1914 and designed by Archibald Leitch, the great pioneer and engineer of football stadiums in the first half of the 20th century. It was originally built as standing room only (seating was not a legal requirement in the UK until the 1990s). Built largely in brick with a steel superstructure, the canopy is supported by an array of columns in front of the seating area and has a number of brick concourses allowing access to the terraces, and exposing the steel structural work to the external E interior wall. The stand has undergone many changes within its ground- and first-floor rooms, including the addition of new partitions and upgrading of the facilities, but some original features remained, such as the turnstiles to the main E entrances, which have survived in remarkably good condition.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Heart of Midlothian FC
Diana Sproat – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES Vol 19)
OASIS ID: aocarcha1-272208
