Basic Site Details
| Name: | Blythswood Testimonial schools |
| Town, district or village: | Renfrew |
| City or county: | Renfrewshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | £2,000 raised by January 1839 and competition held. 22 designs submitted. When the competition was judged in February 1840 the design submitted by Scott Stephen & Gale was selected although by that date the partnership must have been dissolved. Designed as a memorial to Archibald Campbell of Blythswood (d.1838). It was an ambitious Greek revival building with features from well-known Athenian monuments. Largely demolished. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Blythswood Testimonial and Grammar school | ||
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 | |
| 1839 | 1840 | Competition held | |
| 1842 | Opened | ||
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 | |
| James Raeburn | 1839 | 1840 | Competition design - placed second | ||
| James Salmon (senior) | 1839 | 1840 | Unsuccessful competition design | ||
| John Stephen | A | 1839 | 1842 | Won competition and secured job | |
| Scott, Stephen & Gale | A | 1839 | Won competition and secured job; executed by John Stephen after dissolution of partnership | ||
| James Collie | 1842 | Consulted by Town Council following competition | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | London: YUP. 4th edition | ||
| Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | p97 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | Paper by Frank Arneil Walker, dated 4 October 1980 | |
| Strathclyde Archives | Renfrew Town Council Minutes | ||