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Edinburgh, Pilton, Ainslie Park High School

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School (20th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, Pilton, Ainslie Park High School

Classification School (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Telford College; Pilton Secondary School; Pilton Intermediate School; Gymnasium

Canmore ID 76531

Site Number NT27NW 41

NGR NT 22935 76097

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76531

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Section A-A, back elevation and front elevation.
Section A-A, back elevation and front elevation.View of Edinburgh coat of arms, above entrance.View of sculpture of 'Truth'.Historic building recording, Main college N elevation, General view from N, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Main college S elevation, General view from SW, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghEdinburgh, Pilton Avenue, Ainslie Park High School. Detail of main entrance..Presentation drawing showing perspective elevation. Oblique aerial view centred on Ainslie Park High School, Pilton, taken from the WNW.Section through entrance hall.Front elevation.General oblique aerial view.Edinburgh, Pilton Avenue, Ainslie Park High School. General view from N-N-W.Ground floor plan.Roof plan.View from NW.Historic building recording, Room 1/2e, General view of corner from SE, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Room G0/2, General view from SW, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Gymnasium S elevation, Detail of central door from SW, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Room 1/19a, General view from NW, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Panoramic shots from roof of Gymnasium on W side, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Main college, General view from NE, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Gymnasium W elevation, Detail of central ground floor bays from NW, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghView from NW.Oblique aerial view centred on Ainslie Park High School, Pilton, taken from the WSW.Oblique aerial view centred on Ainslie Park High School, Pilton, taken from the SSW.Oblique aerial view centred on Ainslie Park High School, Pilton, taken from the SE.Second floor plan.View of staircase. Stamped on verso: 'J Campbell Harper Ltd. 131-135 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, 6'.Historic building recording, Courtyard elevations, General view looking from the N wall window of corridor Room 1/2f from S, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Courtyard elevations, General view looking from the N wall window of corridor Room 1/2f from SE, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Room G3/2, Detail of exterior doorway and windows from SW, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Gymnasium E elevation, General view from NE, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghEdinburgh, Pilton Avenue, Ainslie Park High School. General view of Gymnasium at East end from South-West.First floor plan.East and West elevations and section of gymnasium block.View of rear from SW.Historic building recording, Main college W elevation, Detail of stair tower to S side from SSW, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Main college N elevation, General view from NNE, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghGround floor plan of South East stair.Presentation drawing. Stamped on verso: 'J Campbell Harper, A.R.P.S. Photographer and Photographic Dealer. 131-135 Leith Walk, Leith, Edinburgh'.View of staircase. Stamped on verso: 'J Campbell Harper Ltd. 131-135 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, 6'.General oblique aerial view.Historic building recording, Room 1/10, General view from E, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Courtyard elevations, General view looking from the E wall window of corridor Room 1/2i from SW, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Room 2/4, General view of stairwell from S, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Room G1/8, General view from S, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Gymnasium E elevation, General view looking up at tower from SE, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghOblique aerial view centred on Ainlsie Park High School, Pilton, taken from the SSE.View of sculpture of 'Knowledge', on wall above entrance to left.View of sculpture of 'Knowledge'.View of sculpture of 'Truth', on wall above entrance to right.Historic building recording, Room 1/1e, General view from SE, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Room G1/1, General view from N, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghHistoric building recording, Gymnasium N elevation, Detail of central doorway from NW, Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College, Pilton, EdinburghView of rear from SW.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Activities

Project (1997)

The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.

The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.

Further Details

Field Visit (26 June 2003)

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association: Edinburgh

To the left of the front door is a figure of a man wearing a kilt, carrying a torch, representing Knowledge

To the right of the front door is a figure of a woman carrying a mirror, representing Truth.

Inspected By : Joan M. Kennedy

Inscriptions : KNOWLEDGE

TRUTH

Signatures : None

Design period : 1950-1954

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0968)

Further Details

Field Visit (26 June 2003)

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association: Edinburgh

Edinburgh coat of arms consisting of a castle with flags flying, surmounted by an anchor [?] with rope, and flanked by a maiden and a hind.

Inspected By : Joan M. Kennedy

Inscriptions : NISI DOMINVS FRVSTRA

Signatures : None

Design period : 1950-1954

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0969)

Further Details

Standing Building Recording (29 April 2014)

AOC Archaeology Group was commissioned by Miller Homes to undertake an historic building recording survey of the former Ainslie Park High School and (later) Telford College prior to part-demolition and renovation. The works were required as part of a planning condition on the development. The building was constructed in 1939 - 1949 on previously undeveloped land, although to the east of the site was once East Pilton Farm with a settlement here dating back to at least the 17th century. It was demolished to make way for the school. The buildings were constructed in an Art Deco style with a main block with a central courtyard and a smaller gymnasium to the east. The historic building recording survey has successfully recorded the building as a 'preservation by record' of the structure and no further historic building recording was recommended.

Information from Diana Sproat (AOC Archaeology Group) April 2015. OASIS ID: aocarcha1-185342

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