Basic Site Details
| Name: | Fishermen's Cottages, Dunbar |
| Town, district or village: | Dunbar |
| City or county: | East Lothian |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
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Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Cottage | ||
| Housing | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| November 1951 | Completed plans and images of the buildings included in the Builder (1951/11/2) | ||
| 7 November 1952 * | Plans and photographs of the buildings, with note of 1951 Saltire Society Housing Award | ||
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 | |
| (Sir) Basil Urwin Spence | A | Before 1951 | |||
| Basil Spence & Partners | A | Before 1951 | |||
| John Hardie Glover | A | Before 1951 | Working for Basil Spence & Partners | ||
| William Alexander Bruce Robertson | A | Before 1951 | |||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Dunbar Burgh Council | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p159-60 | |
| Glendinning, Miles and Muthesius, Stefan | 1994 | Tower Block: Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland | Yale University Press: New Haven and London | p380 Gazetteer 2 | |
| Willis, Peter | 1977 | New architecture in Scotland | p8, p10 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architect and Building News | 15 April 1949 | p334-7 | ||
| Architects Journal | 18 September 1952 | p339-41 | ||
| Builder | 2 November 1951 | p581-5 | ||
| Builder | 7 November 1952 | p668-671 | ||
| Municipal Journal | 5 September 1959 | p1642-5 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | John Hardie Glover: F no5473 (combined box 81) - 'Harbour housing, Dunbar' | |