Edinburgh, 2 Pitsligo Road, Woodcroft Telephone Exchange
Telephone Exchange (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 2 Pitsligo Road, Woodcroft Telephone Exchange
Classification Telephone Exchange (20th Century)
Canmore ID 286238
Site Number NT27SW 4603
NGR NT 24914 71589
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/286238
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Standing Building Recording (9 January 2014)
AOC Archaeology Group was commissioned by Cruden Homes Ltd to undertake an historic building survey of the former Woodcroft Telephone Exchange at 2 Pitsligo Road, Edinburgh as part of the planning condition on its demolition. The building was constructed in 1958 - 60 as a multi-bay two to four storey cross-shaped building with a concrete superstructure set in the grounds of a former 19th estate and country house, which was demolished to make way for it. It is a good example of state-sponsored architecture of the post-war period and is a significant example of an industrial building type for the purpose of modern telecommunications. The building's interest includes its grid patterning of exposed concrete framing, a glazed office wing on pilotis, the random rubble detailing, and its adaptable and expandable plan which saw the addition of the north-east wing in 1970.
AOC Archaeology 2014 (D. Sproat) OASIS ID: aocarcha1-168442
