Basic Site Details Name: | Dunfermline Prison | Town, district or village: | Dunfermline | City or county: | Fife | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost £2,070. Check G & S Plans to see if by Birrell. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Prison | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Dunfermline Prison, Leys Park Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1843 | | | | | 1864 | | | Alterations or additions? |
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 | | Thomas Brown II | | | 1843 | | | | George Rae | | | 1864(?) | | Alterations or additions? - unclear whether early refs in Gillespie & Scott list are to Rae or to Hugh Birrell (it is not yet known whether George Smith Birrell, whose practice was taken over by Gillespie, took over his father's practice or that of Rae) | | Hugh Birrell | | | 1864(?) | | Alterations or additions? - unclear whether early refs in Gillespie & Scott list are to Birrell or George Rae (it is not yet known whether George Smith Birrell, whose practice was taken over by Gillespie, took over his father's practice or that of Rae) |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p191 | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | New Statistical Account of Scotland | | | IX, p911 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Edinburgh Evening Courant | 25 July 1842 | | | | | North British Advertiser | | XVI | | no 824 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Register House Plans | | Formerly Anderson Collection, now at NAS | | St Andrews University Library | James Gillespie and Scott Archive | | Bundle no 274 |
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