Basic Site Details Name: | Paisley Technical School | Town, district or village: | Paisley | City or county: | Renfrewshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | 9 invited entrants in 1896 competition. See also William Barbour wing.
over 500 entrants in 1957 competition; estimated cost of £500,000.
Cost of ecxtension estimated at £1.3m | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Paisley Technical College | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | College | | | | School | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | between High Street and George Street | | 1957 competition buildings | | 42, George Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1896 | | Competition held | | | 1957 | | Competition designs submitted | over 500 designs judged by the assessor of the competition, Professor R. Gardner-Medwin, FRIBA, MTPI, of the University of Liverpool, assisted by Mr. T. A. Jeffryes, FRIAS, ARIBA, Chief Architect and Chief Technical Planner to the Department of Health for Scotland, and Mr. Robert Morton, FRIBA, Deputy Chief Architect and Chief Technical Planner - and successful competitors selected as of 26 April 1957, Builder p760 | | 13 May 1960 | | Scheme accepted | Dean of Guild Court approval for £500,000 extension, incl laboratories, lecture rooms, administrative rooms and a refectory per Builder p938 | | Before 1975 | | Feasibility study drawn up | Feasibility study for extending Technical College |
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 | | William Daniel McLennan | | | 1896 | | Fourth premiated competition design | | Thomas Graham Abercrombie | | A | 1896 | | Won competition and secured job. With William Kerr as assistant | | William Kerr | | A | 1896 | | As assistant to T G Abercrombie, who won competition and secured job | | Honeyman & Keppie | | B | 1896 | | Second and third premiated competition designs | | John Honeyman | | B | 1896 | | Second and third premiated competition designs | | John Keppie | | B | 1896 | | Second and third premiated competition designs | | Alexander Barr Morrison | | C | 1896 | | Competition design | | Campbell Douglas | | C | 1896 | | Competition design | | Campbell Douglas & Morrison | | C | 1896 | | Competition design | | Robert Forbes Hutchison | | G | 1957 | | won competition (prize ₤1500) and secured job with project numbered 93, per Builder p760 | | Hutchinson, Murta and Hall | | | 19 April 1957 | | scheme 86 submitted 'designs for the new buildings for the advanced technological or 'Central' Institution at Paisley to serve the West of Scotland and adjacent areas' - shared 2nd and 3rd prizes (₤1,000 and ₤500) resulting from competition with James Cubitt and Partners and Claus Seligmann - per Builder p760 | | Claus Seligmann | | | 26 April 1957 | | scheme 27 submitted 'designs for the new buildings for the advanced technological or 'Central' Institution at Paisley to serve the West of Scotland and adjacent areas' - shared 2nd and 3rd prizes (₤1,000 and ₤500) resulting from competition with Hutchinson, Murta and Hall and James Cubitt and Partners - per Builder p760 | | James Cubitt and Partners | | | 26 April 1957 | | submitted scheme 16 'designs for the new buildings for the advanced technological or 'Central' Institution at Paisley to serve the West of Scotland and adjacent areas' - shared 2nd and 3rd prizes (₤1,000 and ₤500) resulting from competition with Hutchinson, Murta and Hall and Claus Seligmann - per Builder p760 | | Alison & Hutchison & Partners | | G | 26 April 1957 | | won competition (prize ₤1500) and secured job with project numbered 93, per Builder p760 | | Architects' Co-partnership | | | 31 May 1957 | | one of the commended designs - scheme 57 - from the 1957 competition per Builder p998 | | D H Lanham, ARIBA & E A Barker | | | 31 May 1957 | | one of the commended designs - scheme 122 - from the 1957 competition per Builder p998 | | Hammett & Norton | | | 31 May 1957 | | one of the commended designs - scheme 77 - from the 1957 competition per Builder p998 | | Ian David Burke | | | 31 May 1957 | | one of the commended designs - scheme 43 - from the 1957 competition per Builder p998 | | Ivor Gardiner Menzies Gordon Dorward | | | 31 May 1957 | | one of the commended designs - scheme 18 - from 1957 competition per Builder p998 | | Alexander Heward | | J | Before 1975 | | Feasibility study for extending Technical College | | Miller & Black | | J | Before 1975 | | Feasibility study for extending Technical College | | Neil McLean Jack | | J | Before 1975 | | Feasibility study for extending Technical College | | Peter Halliday | | J | Before 1975 | | Feasibility study for extending Technical College |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Governors of Paisley Technical School | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | p18 | | Guide to Paisley | 1896 | Guide to Paisley | | ed. J R Parlane | p75 | | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1897 | | | | 298 (Campbell Douglas & Morrison) and 322 (Honeyman & Keppie) | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1898 | | | | 359 (McLennan) | | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | p195 | | Walker, Frank Arneil | 1986 | South Clyde Estuary: An Illustrated Architectural Guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew | | | p17 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | British Architect | 27 February 1896 | | | | | British Architect | 29 May 1896 | | | | | Builder | Early 1896 | LXX | | p301 | | Builder | Late 1896 | LXXI | | p34 | | Builder | 16 January 1897 | | | p63 | | Builder | 26 April 1957 | | | pp760-764; images (copies of plans, elevations, section drawings of winning design) pp761-764 | | Builder | 3 May 1957 | | | extracts from report on winning design and photo of design team (John D. Robertson, assistant architect; Stanley G. Owen (partner); R. Forbes Hutchison (senior partner) and George Bowie (assistant architect); others associated - J. Watson, D. Dorward, G. K. Barr, C. E. McEwan-Waghorn, S. Gilchrist and E. Zalejski), p810; plus images of 2nd and 3rd place finishers, pp811-813 | | Builder | 17 May 1957 | | | photograph of model of winning design (by Messrs. Alison and Hutchinson and Partners) taken from the north (High Street) side of the site, p889 | | Builder | 31 May 1957 | | | p998; Professor R. Gardner-Medwin's comments on 5 commended designs / designs worthy of special mention and an image -perspective of winning design p998 | | Builder | 13 May 1960 | | | 'College Extension' p938 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 38992 | | | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 268 | | Swan, Adam (comp) (DMW Archive) | William Kerr list of works | | |
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