DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments

DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments is a list of 60 notable post-war buildings in Scotland, compiled in 1993 by the international architectural conservation organisation DoCoMoMo.

The buildings date from the period 1945–1970, and were selected by a panel as being significant examples of architectural style, building materials and location. The purpose was in part to raise the profile of post-war architecture, and to "demonstrate that architecture, as an art, flourished during those years".[1] The list was the basis for an exhibition at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, aimed at introducing some of these buildings as "heritage". The predominant view of post-war architecture, and of many modernist buildings in particular, was not favourable in the UK at the time, and the list was intended to inform the statutory listing of significant works.[1] Since the list was published, a number of the buildings have been listed by Historic Scotland, including several at Category A, as "buildings of national or international importance".[2]

The list includes a wide range of structures, from large industrial plants, to small private houses, and covers the diversity of building types that were constructed during the period. Not all the buildings have survived: two of the most prominent casualties have been Basil Spence's Hutchesontown C complex in Glasgow, demolished in 1993, and Gillespie, Kidd & Coia's St. Peter's Seminary in Cardross, which has been derelict since the late 1980s.

List

Building Location Date Architect Notes
Anderston Cross Industrial ZoneGlasgow1969Jack Holmes and Partners
Andrew Melville Hall of Residence, University of St AndrewsSt Andrews1967James StirlingCategory A listed [3]
Arts Tower and Faculty Building, University of DundeeDundee1961Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and PartnersCategory B listed [4]
AvisfieldCramond, Edinburgh1957Morris and SteedmanCategory B listed [5]
Bernat Klein House and StudioScottish Borders1957 (house) 1972 (studio)Peter WomersleyBoth buildings Category A listed [6][7]
Chessel's Court redevelopmentRoyal Mile, Edinburgh1966Robert HurdCategory A/B listed [8][9][10]
Crathie Drive DevelopmentGlasgow1952Ronald Bradbury
Cumbernauld New Town original housing areas (Kildrum, Park, Carbrain, Ravenswood, Seafar, Muirhead)North Lanarkshire1974Cumbernauld Development Corporation and others
Cumbernauld Town Centre Phase 1Cumbernauld1967Geoffrey CopcuttPartly demolished
Dollan BathsEast Kilbride1968A Buchanan CampbellCategory A listed [11]
Dounreay Experimental Research EstablishmentHighland1958R S BrocklesbyCurrently being decommissioned
Dysart redevelopment (Phases 1-3)Fife1971Wheeler and Sproson
Eaglais Mathair nan Dorainn (Church of Our Lady of Sorrows)Gearraidh na Monadh, South Uist1965Richard J McCarronCategory A listed [12]
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, Ward Unit and Operating Theatre SuiteFalkirk1966Keppie, Henderson and Partners
Fishermen's HousesDunbar, East Lothian1952Basil Spence
Forth Road Bridge and Control BuildingFirth of Forth1964Sir Giles Scott, Son and Partners, with Mott, Hay and Anderson (engineers)Category A listed [13]
Gallowgate redevelopmentAberdeen1966G McI Keith, City Architect
Glasgow Inner Ring Road, North and West FlanksGlasgow1971Scott Wilson Kilpatrick (engineers), W HolfordNow part of the M8 motorway
Glasgow University Library and Hunterian Art GalleryGlasgow1965William Whitfield
Gray's School of ArtAberdeen1968D Michael A Shewan
Heddell's Park and Annsbrae Housing SchemeLerwick, Shetland1959Richard Moira and B L C Moira
Heron HouseGlasgow1971Derek Stephenson and PartnersConverted into The Pinnacle residential building in 2001
Hunterston A nuclear power stationNorth Ayrshire1964General Electric Company / Simon-Carves Ltd (design consortium) / Howard V Lobb and Partners (consulting architects)
Hutchesontown Area 'C'Gorbals, Glasgow1966Basil SpenceDemolished 12 September 1993
Kildrum Primary SchoolCumbernauld1962Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaCategory B listed,[14] fire-damaged and subsequently demolished with exception of nursery block
Kincardine Power StationKincardine, Fife1963Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and PartnersDemolished
Kirkcaldy Town HouseKirkcaldy, Fife1956David CarrCategory B listed,[15] designed in the 1930s but not built until after WW2
Lanark County Buildings (now South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters)Hamilton1964D G BannermanCategory A listed [16]
Leith Fort developmentLeith, Edinburgh1966Shaw-Stewart, Baikie and PerryDemolished 2012–2013
Awe Hydro-Electric Project (Ben Cruachan Section)Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute1965J Williamson (engineer)
Lourdes Secondary SchoolGlasgow1957Thomas Cordiner
Meadowside Granary ExtensionGlasgow1967Clyde Navigation Trust / L G Mouchel and PartnersDemolished
Monktonhall CollieryNewcraighall, East Lothian1965Egon RissDemolished
Moredun temporary housing areaMoredun, Edinburgh1949J A W Grant / City Architect / Sam Bunton
Mortonhall CrematoriumMortonhall, Edinburgh1967Basil SpenceCategory A listed [17]
National Library of ScotlandEdinburgh1955Reginald FairlieCategory B listed,[18] construction began in the 1930s, but not completed until after WW2
New ClubPrinces Street, Edinburgh1969Alan ReiachCategory A listed [19]
Notre Dame High SchoolGlasgow1953Thomas CordinerCategory A listed,[20] designed before the war
Paisley Civic CentrePaisley, Renfrewshire1971Hutchison Locke and Monck
Pathfoot Building, University of StirlingStirling1967Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and PartnersCategory A listed [21]
Plant Houses, Royal Botanic GardenEdinburgh1967George PearceCategory A listed [22]
Pollock Halls of ResidenceEdinburgh1959Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and PaulCategory A listed [23]
Ravenscraig SteelworksMotherwell, North Lanarkshire1957Colvilles/British Steel CorporationDemolished 1993
Red Road developmentGlasgow1969Sam Bunton and AssociatesDemolished 2015
Robert the Bruce statue and rotundaBannockburn, Stirling1964Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (sculptor)Category A listed [24]
Royal Commonwealth PoolEdinburgh1970Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and PartnersCategory A listed [25]
St. Bride's ChurchEast Kilbride1964Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaCategory A listed,[26] campanile demolished 1987
St. Lawrence's ChurchGreenock1954Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaCategory A listed [27]
St. Paul's ChurchGlenrothes, Fife1957Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaCategory A listed [28]
St. Peter's CollegeCardross, Argyll and Bute1966Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaCategory A listed,[29] currently derelict
St. Peter's Street redevelopmentPeterhead, Aberdeenshire1971Baxter, Clark and PaulDemolished
St. Teresa's ChurchGlasgow1960Alexander McAnally and PartnersCategory B listed [30]
Scottish Provident InstitutionSt Andrew Square, Edinburgh1969Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and PaulCategory B listed [31] demolished in July 2014 [32]
Sighthill Health CentreSighthill, Edinburgh1953Robert Gardner-Medwin
Smithycroft Road Secondary SchoolGlasgow1967A G JuryDemolished
Stow College of Building and Printing / Stow College of Distributive Trades (now part of The Glasgow School of Art)Glasgow1964Wylie, Shanks and Underwood
Turnhouse Airport TerminalEdinburgh Airport1956Robert MatthewDemolished in 1995
University of Edinburgh redevelopmentGeorge Square, Edinburgh1967Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall, Basil Spence, Glover and Ferguson, and Reiach, Hall and Partners
Transplantation Surgery Unit, Western General HospitalEdinburgh1963Peter Womersley
Vale of Leven HospitalAlexandria, West Dunbartonshire1955Keppie, Henderson and Partners

References

  1. 1 2 Glendinning (ed.), p.153
  2. ↑ "What is Listing?". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  3. ↑ "University of St Andrews, Andrew Melville Hall: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  4. ↑ "University of Dundee, The Tower: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Avisfield, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "High Sunderland, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Studio, High Sunderland, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "242-244 (even nos) Canongate, (Chessel's Court N block): Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Canongate, 1 and 2 Chessel's Court (W block): Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "Canongate, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 6B Chessel's Court (S block): Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "Dollan Aqua Centre: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Our Lady of Sorrows RC Church: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Forth Road Bridge, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Kildrum Primary School: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  15. ↑ "Wemyssfield, Town House: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Lanark County Buildings: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "Mortonhall Crematorium: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "National Library of Scotland: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "84–87 Princes Street, incorporating the New Club: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Notre Dame High School: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Stirling University Campus, Pathfoot Building: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  22. ↑ "Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Row, 1967 greenhouse: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  23. ↑ "Pollock Halls of Residence, phases I and II: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  24. ↑ "Bannockburn, Rotunda, Memorial Cairn, Flagpole and Statue of King Robert I: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  25. ↑ "Royal Commonwealth Pool: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  26. ↑ "St Bride's Roman Catholic Church, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  27. ↑ "St Laurence's RC Church: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  28. ↑ "St Paul's Roman Catholic Church: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  29. ↑ "St Peter's College, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
  30. ↑ "St Teresa's Roman Catholic Church: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  31. ↑ "6 and 7 St Andrew Square and 7-19 South St David Street: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  32. ↑ "Scottish Provident demolition labelled a 'tragedy'". Urban Realm.
  • Glendinning, Miles, ed. (1997). Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-1975. Tuckwell Press. ISBN 1-898410-33-X.

See also

  • – Map of DoCoMoMo 60 Scottish Key Monuments (on Google Maps)
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