Basic Site Details
| Name: | Prudential Assurance Building |
| City or county: | Dundee |
| Country: | Scotland |
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| Notes: | Cost £15,475. Contractors: (main contractor missing), steelwork Arrol Bridge & Roof Co.; modeling Farmer & Brindley; tiles J & H Potts; faience Burmantofts; mosaic floors, J F Ebner; ironwork Hart Son Peard & Co.; clock J Moore & Sons. Ground floor now altered and chimney heads demolished. Building inscribed 1895 and 1896 |
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
 | 31, Albert Square | Yes | |
| Meadowside | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1895 | 1898 | ||
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 | |
| Alfred Waterhouse | A | 1895 | 1898 | ||
| Alfred Waterhouse & Son | A | 1895 | 1898 | ||
| Paul Waterhouse | A | 1895 | 1898 | ||
| Walter Crum Watson | A? | 1895(?) | 1897(?) | Probably involved, as apprentice/assistant to Alfred Waterhouse | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Cunningham, Colin and Waterhouse, Prudence | Alfred Waterhouse 1830-1905: biography of a practice | Catalogue no 595, p269 | |||
| Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | Yale | p137 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 16 October 1897 | p311 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 25323 | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Walter Crum Watson: L v21 no1661 ('several Prudential Assurance Company buildings', as assistant) | |