Basic Site Details Name: | Anderson's College Medical School | Town, district or village: | Kelvinhaugh | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Cost of 1889 Keppie work: £9,407. Sculpture over the main door by Pittendrigh MacGillivray. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | College | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 56, Dumbarton Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1888 | | | |  | 1889 | | | Keppie took over from Campbell Douglas & Sellars |  | 1895 | | | Additions |  | 1936 | 1937 | | Alterations |  | 16 April 1954 * | | Alterations and additions | Plans in hand for alterations and additions |  | 4 March 1955 * | | Alterations and additions | Plans prepared and approved |  | 1990 | | Reconstruction | Interior rebuilt and extended |  | 2007 | | Refurbishment | Interior refurbishment |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 |  | Campbell Douglas | Architect, Valuer | A | 1888 | October 1888 | |  | Campbell Douglas & Sellars | Architectural practice | A | 1888 | October 1888 | Commenced work, but John Keppie took over after Sellars's death |  | James Sellars | Architect, Valuer | A | 1888 | October 1888 | Commenced work, but John Keppie took over after Sellars's death |  | Honeyman & Keppie | Architectural practice | B | November 1888 | | Completed after Sellars's death, Keppie also probably designed much of the detailing |  | John Keppie | Architect | B | November 1888 | | Completed after Sellars's death, Keppie also probably designed much of the detailing |  | Honeyman & Keppie | Architectural practice | C | 1895 | | Additions |  | John Keppie | Architect | C | 1895 | | Additions |  | Alexander Smellie | Architect | C | 1936 | 1937 | Alterations - may not have been completed until the 1940s or perhaps further work |  | Andrew Graham Henderson | Architect | C | 1936 | 1937 | Alterations - may not have been completed until the 1940s or perhaps further work |  | Keppie & Henderson | Architectural practice | C | 1936 | 1937 | Alterations - may not have been completed until the 1940s or perhaps further work |  | John Keppie | Architect | D | 1936 | 1937 | Alterations - may not have been completed until the 1940s or perhaps further work |  | Andrew Graham Henderson | Architect | E | 1954 | 1955 | Alterations and additions |  | Joseph Lea Gleave | Architect | E | 1954 | 1955 | Alterations and additions |  | Keppie Henderson & J L Gleave | Architectural practice | E | 1954 * | 1955 | Alterations and additions |
* earliest date known from documented sources. ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | University Court of the University of Glasgow | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Gomme, Andor and Walker, David | 1987 | Architecture of Glasgow | Second revised edn | London: Lund Humphries | pp293, 299 |  | Hansell, M, Harris, H, Reilly, M and Roxton, G D | 2009 | Architectural Treasures of the University of Glasgow | | | pp59-60 |  | McKenzie, Ray | 2002 | Public sculpture of Glasgow (Public sculpture of Great Britain series) | | Liverpool University Press | pp90-1 |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p342 |  | www.scran.ac.uk | | www.scran.ac.uk | | Website of ScranTrust (Edinburgh) | Plan of 1st floor and later pencil elevation |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 16 April 1954 | | | p700 |  | Builder | 4 March 1955 | | | p396 |  | RIBA Journal | 1910 | v17 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary |  | RIBA Journal | January 1964 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary of Henderson |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Glasgow University Archives | Archval material relating to the building of the University | GB 0248 GUA BUL/6/46/1-2 | Drawings Collection |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32867 | |  | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | GLAHA 53059 | Honeyman and Keppie Job Book 1881-1894 |  | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | NO 217, 505 |
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