Basic Site Details Name: | Hunterston Nuclear Power Station | Town, district or village: | Hunterston | City or county: | Ayrshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Builder with Sir Frank Mears: Robert Paterson. Contractor Mowlem. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Hunterston Atomic Power Station | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Power station | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1957 | 1964 | Build/construction | | | 24 May 1957 | | Proposed | 'The Secretary of State for Scotland has decided that a new inquiry should be conducted into the scheme by the South of Scotland Electricity Board to build a nuclear power station at Hunterston, Ayrshire' per Builder p973 | | 22 August 1957 | | Build/construction | 'site preparation began on the South of Scotland Electricity Board's Atomic Power Station on August 22....completion is expected by 1961.' per Builder p385 | | 6 February 1959 | | Proposed | 'James Turner & Co., Ltd., to build new switch house...Est. cost £90,000.' per Builder p297 | | 3 September 1959 | 9 September 1959 | Design exhibited | control rod stand pipe and coloured sectional drawing featured at the Scottish Industries Exhibition in Glasgow, Sept. 3-9, 1959 per Builder 28 Apr 1959 p116 | | 16 October 1959 | | | Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Co., Ltd. suspending work on site (providing reactor and steam raising units) due to a series of strikes per Builder p459 | | 21 October 1960 | | Completion | of nuclear generating station; subsidiary buildings still under construction - article includes details of progress; reactor to be online in winter of 1962-1963 per Builder p754 | | 25 September 1964 * | | Proposed | Station is so efficient that it justifies addition of seventh 60-MW generating set - plans being prepared |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 | | (Sir) Frank Mears & Partners | | B | | | Control Tower - with R M Allison engineer | | Robert James Naismith | | B | | | Control Tower | | General Electric Company Ltd | | A | 1957 | 1964 | | | Simon-Carves Ltd | | A | 1957 | 1964 | | | George Tomlinson | | D | 1960 | | With Howard Lobb. Worked on subsidiary buildings such as the Canteen, Decontamination Centre and the huge Turbine Hall. As architects for all the buildings Lobb & Partners were a very minor part of the huge team building this very early facility. | | Howard V Lobb | | D | 21 October 1960 | | Consulting architect, along with partner John Ratcliff per Builder p755.
Responsible for subsidiary buildings such as the Canteen,Decontamination Centre and the huge Turbine Hall. As architects for all the buildings Lobb & Partners were a very minor part of the huge team building this very early facility. | | Howard V Lobb & Partners | | D | 21 October 1960 | | Consulting architect, along with partner John Ratcliff per Builder p755.
Responsible for subsidiary buildings such as the Canteen,Decontamination Centre and the huge Turbine Hall. As architects for all the buildings Lobb & Partners were a very minor part of the huge team building this very early facility. | | John Ratcliff | | D | 21 October 1960 | | Consulting architect, along with his partner Howard V. Lobb (Builder p755). Responsible for subsidiary buildings such as the Canteen, Decontamination Centre and the huge Turbine Hall. As architects for all the buildings Lobb & Partners were a very minor part of the huge team building this very early facility. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | South of Scotland Electricity Board | |
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 | p322 | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p568 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p20, p179-80 | | House, Jack | | Robert Paterson Builder, 1827-1977 | | Robert Paterson Construction Ltd, Airdrie | p83 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 24 May 1957 | | | p973 | | Builder | 30 August 1957 | | | p385 | | Builder | 6 February 1959 | | | p297 | | Builder | 28 August 1959 | | | 'Scottish Industries Exhibition: New Materials on View' p116 | | Builder | 16 October 1959 | | | '£8m. Contract Suspended' p459 | | Builder | 21 October 1960 | | | 'Hunterston Nuclear Generating Station: Some Progress Notes' pp754-755 - includes photos: aerial view and plinths for steam-raising units of reactor 'B' p754 | | Builder | 25 September 1964 | | | p683 | | Builder | 2 October 1964 | | | p688 - note on completion |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of George Tomlinson | Information via 'Contact Us' on website | | Sent February 2013 |
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