Basic Site Details Name: | Our Lady and St Francis RC Secondary School | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Only 1954 and 1964 additions are listed. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | School | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 60-72, Charlotte Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | Before 1913 | | | Original building | | 1921 | 1923 | | Main block | | After 1932 | Before 1943 | | Unspecified work - additions? | | 1950 | 1954 | Addition | Wing added (three-storey, flat-roofed, steel-framed brick-clad canteen and classroom wing) | | July 1950 | | Addition | Plans to be prepared for an extension estimated at £50,000 | | August 1950 | | Addition | Additions announced, architects to be Gillespie Kidd & Coia | | 1958 | 1964 | Addition | Further extension (four-storey library and domestic science block of reinforced concrete with blue-black brick infill) | | 18 March 1960 | | Proposed | extension per Builder p581 | | 1970s | | Alterations and additions | | | 1989 | | Closed | The school was closed in 1989 and everything except the Gillespie, Kidd, and Coia blocks was demolished. | | February 2009 | | | Disused. |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p132 Photograph | | Rogerson, R W K C | 1986 | Jack Coia: his life and work | | Glasgow: privately published | p51-4 | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p454 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 14 July 1950 | | | p77 | | Builder | 18 August 1950 | | | p232 | | Builder | 18 March 1960 | | | p581 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32662 | | | NMRS | A Buchanan Campbell Collection | | Hand list of drawings | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Alexander McAnally: L no5439 (combined box 79) | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | GCA DG 1921/27, 1950/341, 1960/252 |
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