Watching Brief

Date May 2007

Event ID 557506

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/557506

NT 2539 7542 Work was carried out during May 2007 in advance of redevelopment for housing. The Waterston's Printing Works (a Category C(S) listed building) is a three storey, 14 by 4 bay building, rectangular in layout and located at the corner of Logie Green Road and Warriston Road. The building was designed by the Edinburgh architect John Breingan and completed in 1902 for G Waterston and Sons. A further extension, now demolished, was added to the rear of the original building in the late 1940s.The factory extension replaced an

earlier yard, bounded by a boundary wall with a two-storey lean-to structure along the southern limit. A watching brief was carried out during groundworks after the demolition of the extension to establish the presence/absence and nature of any archaeological remains that pre-dated the late 1940s additions. The watching brief identified a cobbled surface beneath the levelling deposits for the floor of the extension, representing the remains of the earlier yard surface to the rear of the main works building. No further archaeological remains were encountered.

Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS. Report deposited with City of Edinburgh Council SMR and RCAHMS.

Funder: PMP Architecture on behalf of AMA Ltd.