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Basic Site Details
| Name: | Greenock Academy |
| Town, district or village: | Greenock |
| City or county: | Renfrewshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
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| Notes: | Cost: £7,243. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | School | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| Additions - date unknown | |||
| 1854 | 1855 | Original building | |
| 1907 | Additions by Boston, Menzies and Morton | ||
| c. 1930 | Extensions | ||
| 1948(?) | Addition | Temporary dining accommodation added, contractor J Preston & Sons, Ltd., 26 Inverskip Street, Greenock. | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| William Brown Whitie | Architect | Additions - date unknown | |||
| J, W H & J M Hay ('The Hays of Liverpool') | Architectural practice | A | 1854 | 1855 | Original building - date unknown |
| James Murdoch Hay | Architect | A | 1854 | 1855 | |
| John Hay | Architect | A | 1854 | 1855 | |
| William Hardie Hay | Architect | A | 1854 | 1855 | |
| Boston, Menzies & Morton | Architectural practice | B | 1907 | Additions | |
| George Morton | Architect | B | 1907 | Additions | |
| William Menzies | Architect | B | 1907 | Additions | |
| Alexander Stewart McGregor | Architect | c. 1930 | Extensions - as temporary chief assistant to Renfrew County Council Education Committee Works Department | ||
| Frank Burnet Bell & Partners | Architectural practice | 1964 | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Walker, David M | 2002 | Presbyterian Variations on Themes by Sharpe and Pugin:The Scottish Work of the Hays of Liverpool | Architectural Heritage XIII, Journal of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, pp99-127 | pp 117 & 118 (fig. 7.10) | |
| Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | p137 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 6 May 1854 | v12 | page 241. | |
| Builder | 2 November 1907 | XCIII | ||
| Builder | 24 December 1948 | p753 | ||
| RIAS Quarterly | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | William Brown Whitie work | ||
| RIBA Journal | March 1957 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | ||
Images
© All rights reserved. Builder 6 May 1854, p241 (Courtesy of Robert Hill)