Basic Site Details Name: | Hampden Park Football Ground | Town, district or village: | Mount Florida | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Some sources state that Leitch worked on the original stadium (opened 1903), but Inglis has shown that in fact he did not work at Hampden Park until 1927.
Hampden Park was the world's largest stadium until the opening of Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Grandstand | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Mount Annan Drive | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1900 | 1903 | | Layout and South Stand | | October 1903 | | Opened | | | 1927 | | | Extension of east terrace and replacement of wire-rope barriers | | 1936 | 1937 | | North Stand and extension of South Stand | | 1967 | 1969 | Alteration/conversion | West terracing covering, grass, TV boxes, dressing rooms. Cost £180,000, | | June 1967 | | Scheme accepted | Queens Park football club received planning permission to build covered terracings, costing £100,000. | | Early 1990s | | | National Stadium Phase 1 Redevelopment (new East Stand with saltire on seats and new North Stand with Hampden on seats): 38,000 seats at a cost of £12m. | | Mid 1990s | | | National Stadium Phase 2 Redevelopment (West Stand and Main Stand rebuilt) |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | Richard Henderson | | A | | | Architect of original stand? Role unclear | | James Miller | | | 1902 | 1903 | South Stand - in collaboration with Glasgow engineer Alexander Blair | | Archibald ('Archie') Leitch | | B | 1927 | | Extension of east terrace and replacement of wire-rope barriers | | Archibald Kent Leitch (or Archie Leitch (junior)) | | C | 1936 | 1937 | North Stand and extension of South Stand | | Archibald Leitch & Partners | | C | 1936 | 1937 | North Stand and extension of South Stand | | Robert Wilson | | D | 1967 | 1969 | West terracing covering, grass, TV boxes, dressing rooms. Cost £180,000, | | Thomson, McCrea & Sanders | | D | 1967 | 1969 | West terracing covering, grass, TV boxes, dressing rooms. Cost £180,000, | | William Hamilton Sanders | | D | 1967 | 1969 | West terracing covering, grass, TV boxes, dressing rooms. Cost £180,000, | | William McCrea | | D | 1967 | 1969 | West terracing covering, grass, TV boxes, dressing rooms. Cost £180,000, | | (Sir) Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd | | E | Early 1990s | | National Stadium Phase 1 Redevelopment (north and east stands) |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Queen's Park Football Club | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Galbraith, Russell | 1993 | The Hampden Story | | | | | Inglis, Simon | 2005 | Engineering Archie: Archibald Leitch - football ground designer | | London: English Heritage | pp170-5 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Sloan, Audrey with Murray, Gordon | | James Miller, 1860-1947 | | | p58 | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p530 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building | 23 June 1967 | | | p180 | | Glasgow Herald | 23 March 1994 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of John Park | Information via 'Contact Us' on website | | Sent August 2011 (John Park was always told that Richard Henderson designed Hampden Park. Henderson designed his great grandfather's buisness premises). |
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