Basic Site Details Name: | Prestwick International Airport | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Prestwick Airport | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Tower | | | | Airport | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 15 February 1957 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | 'plans prepared' per Builder p 344 | | 18 April 1958 | | Proposed | '£5 million [extension] scheme...announced last week...extension of the main runway to 9,500 ft., the erection of new terminal buildings on the seaward end of the airport and a station on the main rail line to Glasgow.' Estimated completion- early 1960s. | | 28 November 1958 | | Proposed | 'development programme...will begin in spring...runway will be ready for the big jet aircraft by 1960. The cost would be more than £2m. and ___ £3m. This was stated...in the Commons on November 20.' per Builder p921 | | 30 January 1959 | | Scheme accepted | 'London (Air Ministry) - New works contracts to value of £500 or over for week ended January 30:-Building work: Prestwick Airport (Raith Hill), Ayrshire, James Laidlaw & Sons, Ltd., Dalmarnock Bridge, Rutherglen, Glasgow.' per Builder 6 Feb 1959 p301 | | 1960 | 1962 | Build/construction | Control Tower built | | 29 April 1960 | | Proposed | modifications to heating system contract awarded to Richard Crittall & Co, Glasgow by Air Ministry per Builder p855 | | 1961 | 1964 | Build/construction | Passenger Terminal built | | 10 February 1961 | | Proposed | work to start on £1m. terminal building in the Spring per Builder p296 | | 4 August 1961 | December 1963 | Build/construction | work started on new terminal and apron; estimated completion of entire £3m airport and £750,000 private enterprise hotel occupying btwn 50 and 60 acres of the former St Cuthbert's golf course is end of 1963 per Builder p230 | | 1964 | | Build/construction | Further buildings | | Late 1960s | | Build/construction | Interiors | | 1970s | | Addition | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | BAA Olympic Heath Studios | For Notman interiors | | Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Scottish Division), Broomhouse Road, Saughton, Edinburgh | For 1957 work |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Close, Rob and Riches, Anne | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Ayrshire & Arran | | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p587 | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p570 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 15 February 1957 | | | p 344 | | Builder | 18 April 1958 | | | 'Prestwick Extension Plan' p740 | | Builder | 28 November 1958 | | | 'Prestwick Airport' p921 | | Builder | 6 February 1959 | | | p301 | | Builder | 29 April 1960 | | | 'Tenders' p655 | | Builder | 10 February 1961 | | | p296 | | Builder | 4 August 1961 | | | 'New Terminal Building, Prestwick' p230 |
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