Basic Site Details
| Name: | Smithycroft Secondary School |
| Town, district or village: | Riddrie |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | School cost £484,155 to build 1030-pupil comprehensive secondary school Mr Forsyth writes: 'Referring to the name Smithycroft I can assure that it is all one word. It may have been in the past before a housing scheme was added that there was a blacksmith with a croft there and when the authorities decided on a name for a road nearby they decided on Smithycroft. That is my romantic version of events! The design came about as a result of my Degree Thesis at the Art school which was entitled ‘Post War School Building in Scotland’ and I had just joined the Corporation of Glasgow which had a large school building programme after the war at a time when money was tight and I sought to reduce the circulation to a minimum, thereby saving money but I was also interested in trying this unique shape and it worked out very well. So much so that the school was opened by the then Secretary of State William Ross.' |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Smithy Croft School | Sometimes written as such but this is incorrect. | |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| School | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Smithycroft Road | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| October 1964 | Tenders invited | ||
| November 1964 | June 1966 | Build/construction | |
| 1 March 1968 | Addition | school extended at cost of £163,000 | |
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 | |
| Robert Forsyth | A | Project architect for City Architects Department (no date) | |||
| Angus M. Macdougall Co. Ltd | A | 1964 | 1966 | Main contractor | |
| Archibald George Jury | A | 1964 | 1966 | As City Architect | |
| Glasgow Corporation Housing Department (later Architectural & Planning Department, Glasgow Corporation) | A | 1964 | 1966 | ||
References
Bibliographic References
| The 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 | p569 | ||
| Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p177-8 | |
| Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | p438 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Building | 1 March 1968 | p142 | ||
| Building | 9 August 1968 | Feature, p61-64 | ||
| Glasgow Herald | 3 November 1967 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | Information supplied by Mr Forsyth | |
| Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | GCA DG 1964/382 | |