Basic Site Details Name: | Dunfermline High School | Town, district or village: | Dunfermline | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Also later additions - 1959 and 1979-83. (McConnell himself gives the dates as 1955 and 1980).
Plans selected at time of competition to cost £98,000. Cheaper scheme cost £85,000 and appear to have been executed | 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 | | Jennie Rennie's Road | Yes | | | Jennie Rennies Road | | | | St Leonard's Place | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | | 1938 | Construction | | | 1929 | 1939 | | | | c. 1929 | | Competition held | | | 28 February 1930 | | | Result of limited competition | | 1933 | | | Plans adopted but proved too expensive | | 1935 | | | New plans prepared | | 3 December 1936 | | Foundation stone | | | 7 June 1939 | | Opened | | | 28 July 1939 | | Plans approved | Revised plans | | 8 March 1957 | | Addition | 'plans approved for alterations and extensions - estimated cost ₤158,000' per Builder p482 | | 5 September 1958 | | Proposed | 'Fife CC propose modernisation and extension of High School. Applications to County Clerk, Cupar, Fife.' per Builder p418 | | 1959 | | Addition | Additions to NW | | 6 March 1959 | | Scheme accepted | 'Dunfermline Dean of Guild Court have approved plans submitted by Fife Education Committee for additions and alterations...est. cost £145,000.' per Builder p478 | | 22 May 1959 | | Scheme accepted | 'Dean of Guild Court [approved TC plans] to build six blocks of temporary classrooms...Est. cost £27,000.' per Builder p941 | | 1978 | 1983 | Addition | Further additions |
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 | | Andrew David Haxton | | | c. 1929 | | Competition drawings (for main school and ancillary buildings, eg janitor's house, sports pavilion etc) | | John Colville Cunningham | | | 1930 | | Won first premium in limited competition, but plans too expensive | | ___ Fraser | | | 1933 | | Appears to have been appointed to produce new plan when Cunninghams's proved too expensive | | George Sandilands | | | 1934 | 1939 | Prepared revised plans as earlier winning ones too expensive | | Gavin Haveron McConnell | | A | 1955(?) | 1959 | Additions - project architect with Fife County Education Architects Department. | | Fife County Education Architect's Department | | A | 1957 | 1959 | With Lawrie as County Architect - additions to NW. Only nominally involved. | | Robert Sorley Lawrie | | A | 1957 | 1959 | per Builder 8 Mar 1957 p482; 6 Mar 1959 p478- as Fife County Architect | | Fife Regional Council (later Fife Council) Architectural Services | | H | 1978 | 1983 | Further additions - with G H McConnell as architect in charge | | Gavin Haveron McConnell | | H | 1978 | 1983 | Further additions - as architect with Fife Regional Council |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Dunfermline Press & West Fife Advertiser | 1959 | Centenary of the Dunfermline Press and West Fife Advertiser | | Dunfermline | pp99, 103, 105 | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p189 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 7 April 1933 | CXXXIV | | p27 | | Architect and Building News | 22 December 1933 | CXXXVI | | p343 | | Architect and Building News | 19 January 1934 | CXXXVI | | p113 | | Architect and Building News | 23 March 1934 | CXXXVII | | p386 | | Architect and Building News | 19 April 1935 | CXLII | | p78 | | Builder | 28 February 1930 | CXXXVIII | | p426 | | Builder | 8 May 1931 | CXL | | p858 | | Builder | 22 May 1931 | CXL | | p931 | | Builder | 8 March 1957 | | | p482 | | Builder | 5 September 1958 | | | p418 | | Builder | 6 March 1959 | | | p478 | | Builder | 22 May 1959 | | | p941 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of Gavin McConnell May 2012 | Information sent to Yvonne Hillyard | | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Haxton & Watson Collection | | HW 1930/26/1-3 | | Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland | Canmore | 215146 | |
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