Basic Site Details Name: | Dundee High School | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Public Seminaries | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | School | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Euclid Crescent | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1831 | | Competition designs submitted | | | 1832 | 1834 | Build/construction | | | 5 August 1833 | | Plans approved | Plans of gateway and parapet wall of seminary approved | | 1853 | 1854 | Addition | Rear wing extended to N - 5 bays on W | | 1853 | 1854 | Addition | Rear wing extended to N - on E by 3 bays | | 1899 | | | Proposal for observatory dome 9 feet in diameter on school roof - not executed | | 9 August 1899 | | | Drawings dated for observatory proposal | | 1951 | 1952 | Addition | Dining hall | | 8 February 1957 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | 'plans in hand for reconstruction' per Builder p252 Interior remodelling. Dates of work 1957-64. | | 25 March 1958 | | Opened | Sir Edward Appleton, Principal and Vice Chancellor of Edinburgh University opened the laboratories in the new science block, part of three part reconstruction programme at Dundee High School estimated to cost £65,000 per Builder 4 April 1958, p654 | | 1973 | | Build/construction | Sports Club, Dundee High School. Cost £30,000 |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p58, 108-9 | | Mackie, C | 1836 | Historical description of Dundee | | | p142 | | McKean, Charles and Walker, David | 1993 | Dundee: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | Revised Edition | Edinburgh: RIAS | p53 | | RCAHMS | 1992 | Dundee on Record | | RCAHMS | p20 Photograph showing view of south facade by Colin McWilliam (1956), and elevation and plan of south facade (1991) |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 8 February 1957 | | | p252 | | Builder | 4 April 1958 | | | 'Dundee Laboratories Opened' p654 | | Dundee Advertiser | | | | Reference lost |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Dundee Central Library Local Studies Department | Plans & Drawings Collection | | Ground plan by Brewster. | | Dundee City Archives | Dundee Town Council Minutes | | Town Council minutes (including minutes of 5 August 1833 for parapet wall and gateway) | | Dundee High School | Dundee High School drawings | | Observatory proposal (per letter from Sinclair Gauldie, 4 March 1964) | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 25177 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Drawings Collection | | DC 15136 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Scottish Survey of Architectural Practices Project MS material | | |
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