Basic Site Details Name: | County Prison, Station Road | Town, district or village: | Cupar | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The drawings of 1888 say 'Militia Quarters, Cupar. Drawings showing method of utilising the County Prison as stores for the 4th Brigade , Scottish Division, Royal Artillery' | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Watts, Coal Road | | Name stated in "Pride, Glen L (1999). The Kingdom of Fife. 2nd Edition" |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Prison | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Station Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1811 | 1814 | Construction | | | 1850s | | | Seven new airing yards | | 1888 | | | Proposed conversion to store (drawings dated) | | 1892 | | | Conversion into storehouses | | 1991 | | Alteration/conversion | Converted into club and restaurant |
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 | | James Gillespie Graham | | | 1811 | 1814 | | | George Rae | | | 1850s | | 7 new airing yards - unclear whether early refs in Gillespie & Scott list are to Rae or to Hugh Birrell (it is not yet known whether George Smith Birrell, whose practice was taken over by Gillespie, took over his father's practice or that of Rae). | | Hugh Birrell | | | 1850s | | 7 new airing yards - unclear whether early refs in Gillespie & Scott list are to Rae or to Hugh Birrell (it is not yet known whether George Smith Birrell, whose practice was taken over by Gillespie, took over his father's practice or that of Rae). | | James Ross Gillespie | | | 1892 | | Conversion into storehouses | | Hiddleston, Hynd & Feist | | | 1991 | | Conversion |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Watt, William - seed merchant | Client for 1892 conversion to storehouses |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, H M | 1995 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | 3rd edition | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | | | Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p111 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect | 26 August 1892 | XLVIII | | Supplement, p 11 | | British Architect | 26 August 1892 | XXXVIII | | p 164 | | Edinburgh Evening Courant | 17 January 1811 | | | | | Parliamentary Papers | 1818 | vi | | Report on Scottish Jails, p17 with elevation |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 24290 | | | NAS National Archives of Scotland | Archive with prefix letter B | B 13/18/1 | With plan. | | St Andrews University Library | James Gillespie and Scott Archive | | Bundles nos 251, 337 |
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