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Edinburgh, Riccarton, Heriot-watt University
University (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Riccarton, Heriot-watt University
Classification University (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Riccarton Campus; Edinburgh Campus; Edinburgh Conference Centre; Research Park
Canmore ID 73623
Site Number NT16NE 58
NGR NT 1743 6943
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/73623
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Currie
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Original plan by Alan Reiach, Eric Hall & Partners, from 1967.
NT16NE 58.00 Heriot Watt University
NT16NE 58.33 NT 17696 69290 Creche (former Gardener's Cottage)
NT16NE 58.34 NT 17721 68815 Gatepiers
For associated Heriot Watt University / Riccarton Estate sites, see also:
NT16NE 57 NT 17773 69297 Walled Garden
NT17SE 334 NT 17529 70120 North Gate Lodge
Project (1 May 2014 - 1 July 2014)
A Cultural Heritage assessment for the Riccarton campus masterplan, Heriot Watt University. was undertaken. The impacts of the proposed development on the Cultural Heritage assets within the campus were assessed.
Information from George Mudie (CFA Archaeology Ltd) July 2014. OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-215625
Desk Based Assessment (1 May 2014 - 1 July 2014)
Riccarton House within an enclosed designed landscape setting is first
depicted on Roy’s Military Survey Map (1747-55). On this the house is
shown along with several ancillary buildings set within a tree bounded
enclosure and there is what appears to be a formally laid out garden to
the north-west of the house.
A later c. 1775 map ‘Sketch of the Estate of Riccarton’ (anon) held by the University Archive, depicts in more detail the house set within a square enclosure, the interior of which is divided into two parts by a west to east avenue; the land surrounding the house sub-divided into a number of regular rectangular fields.
The designed landscape was surveyed in 2008 for City of Edinburgh
Council and is recorded in an archive of non-Inventoried Gardens and
Designed Landscapes (McGowan 2008).
Information from George Mudie (CFA Archaeology Ltd) July 2014. OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-215625
W Roy 1747-1755, Anon c.1775, P McGowan 2008
