Basic Site Details

Name: Stirling Station
Town, district or village: Stirling
City or county: Stirlingshire
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status: A Listed
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Notes: Barr's Elizabethan scheme was not carried out; any work from that time was demolished in 1913 when James Miller and W A Paterson rebuilt the station. Cost of station: £36,291.

For view as first built see OS Nock: 'The Caledonian Railway', p32

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Railway station  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 51848  Original station
Item 2 of 51900  Elizabethan scheme for new building, not carried out
Item 3 of 51902  Competition held
Item 4 of 5c. 1902  Date of Pencil sketch of elevation to court of station - proposed alterations
Item 5 of 51913  New station by Miller and Paterson

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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 10A & A Heiton A1848 Original station
Item 2 of 10Andrew Heiton (junior) A1848 Original station
Item 3 of 10Andrew Heiton (senior) A1848 Original station
Item 4 of 10John (or Thomas) Morrison Barr  1900 Elizabethan scheme for new building, not carried out
Item 5 of 10George Washington Browne B1902 Unexecuted design for new building
Item 6 of 10John More Dick Peddie B1902 Unexecuted design for new building
Item 7 of 10Peddie & Washington Browne B1902 Unexecuted design for new building
Item 8 of 10Bridgeford MacDougall Pirie  c. 1902 Alterations to station court façade? Working for Caledonian Railway Co
Item 9 of 10James Miller C19121915Won competition to secure job. With Paterson as engineer
Item 10 of 10William A Paterson C19121915As engineer with Miller

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 2Caledonian Railway CompanyClient in 1912-13
Item 2 of 2Scottish Central RailwayClient in 1848

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 4Academy Architecture1902 part 1 p64 - Dick Peddie & Washington Browne design
Item 2 of 4Gifford, John and Walker, Frank Arneil2002Stirling and Central Scotland (The Buildings of Scotland) New Haven and London: Yale University Pressp713
Item 3 of 4Nock, O S The Caledonian Railway  p32
Item 4 of 4RSA1902   794 - Dick Peddie & Washington Browne design

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Dundee Advertiser5 March 1894  Heiton's obituary

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 5 Caledonian Railway Board Minutes 29 October 1912, 1 January 1915
Item 2 of 5H M Register HouseCaledonian Railway Records Drawings by Barr still extant.
Item 3 of 5Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register41131 
Item 4 of 5National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSDick Peddie and McKay Collection DPM 1900/21/1
Item 5 of 5National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSJ B Pirie Collection Red box no 40