Basic Site Details Name: | Chivas Regal Building with warehousing, bottling and offices | Town, district or village: | Paisley | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Construction: 'Ctesiphon' 100 foot span corrugated catinery RC arch shells) and 'cage' (45,000 square foot building in which steel cask 'cage' storage racking is integrated with the steel & brick structure. Whisky warehouses. Cost £500,000
In his Nomination Paper Jarvis claims that he was responsible for the design and construction of the office building but does not specifiy about other parts of the building.
Total cost (RIBA Directory 1981) £1m | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Office | | | | Warehouse | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 30 January 1959 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | | | 25 September 1959 | | Completion | two warehouses recently constructed, each warehouse is 300 ft. long divided into 3-100 ft. bays; two further warehouses yet to be built per Builder p305 | | 1960 | 1964 | Build/construction | The dates are not absolutely clear as yet. It would appear that the whole complex was constructed over a number of years from 1959-1964. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Chivas Borthers, Scotch Whisky merchants | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p555 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | | | p22 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 30 January 1959 | | | 'Scottish Association for Building Education: Conference at Paisley' p253 | | Builder | 25 September 1959 | | | 'Warehouses at Paisley for Whisky Distillers and Exporters: Construction on 'Ctesiphon' System' p305; short article includes construcion photos, section, roof plan and floor plan |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William Geoffrey Jarvis: F no6966 (Combined Box 168); Stuart Lothian Barclay: A no17547, F no6942 (Combined Box 167) |
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