Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Post office

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	1-7, George Square	Yes
	4, Hanover Street	Yes
	192-208, Ingram Street	Yes
	5, South Frederick Street	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1852	1852		Wilson's design
	1875	1878		New building on old site
	1892	1894		Rebuilding of central part facing Ingram Street, on site of Atheneum
	29 December 1892		Journal reference	Ingram Street section 'just completed'
	1911	1916		Addition of side blocks (steel and reinforced concrete)

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.
	Name	Role	Partnership Group	From	To	Notes
	Charles Wilson	Architect		1852	1853	Competition design
	Frederick Humphrey Groves	Architect		1854		Groves prepared plans in place of Wilson's (replaced by Burn)
	William Burn	Architect		1854	1855	Won commission
	H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency)	Architectural practice	A	1875	1878	New building (with Matheson as Architect for Scotland in the Office of Works)
	Robert Matheson	Architect	A	1875	1877	New building (Matheson as architect for Scotland in the Office of Works)
	H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency)	Architectural practice	B	1892	1894	Rebuilding of central part facing Ingram Street, on site of Atheneum (with Oldrieve as architect with particular responsibility for Post Office buildings, working under Walter Wood Robertson, Architect for Scotland)
	Walter Wood Robertson	Architect	B	1892	1894	Rebuilding of central part facing Ingram Street, on site of Atheneum (with Oldrieve as architect with particular responsibility for Post Office buildings, working under Walter Wood Robertson, Architect for Scotland)
	William Thomas Oldrieve (sometimes William Thomas Oldgrieve)	Architect	B	1892	1894	Rebuilding of central part facing Ingram Street, on site of Atheneum (as architect with particular responsibility for Post Office buildings, working under Walter Wood Robertson, Architect for Scotland)
	David Webster Robertson	Architect	C	1911	After 1914	Addition of side blocks (steel and reinforced concrete) - as assistant to W T Oldrieve in H M Office of Works
	H M Office of Works (later Ministry of Works, Department of the Environment and Property Services Agency)	Architectural practice	C	1911	1916	Addition of side blocks (steel and reinforced concrete) - commenced by W T Oldrieve, completed by C J W Simpson, as successive Architects for Scotland in H M Office of Works
	William Thomas Oldrieve (sometimes William Thomas Oldgrieve)	Architect	C	1911	1914	Addition of side blocks (steel and reinforced concrete) - commenced by W T Oldrieve, completed by C J W Simpson, as successive Architects for Scotland in H M Office of Works
	Cecil John William Simpson	Architect	C	1914	1916	Addition of side blocks (steel and reinforced concrete) - commenced by W T Oldrieve, completed by C J W Simpson, as successive Architects for Scotland in H M Office of Works

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Sinclair, Fiona J, ed	1995	Charles Wilson Architect 1810-1863: A Question of Style		Glasgow: Park Circus Promotions, 1995	p23
	Thomson, David	1882	Memoir of Charles Wilson	13 March 1882	Proceedings of the Glasgow Philosophical Society
	Williamson, Riches, Higgs	1990	Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)			p166

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	British Architect	2 September 1892			Robertson's work
	Builder	29 December 1894	LXVII		p478
	Builder	1914	CVI or CVII		p359 (extensions by Oldrieve) CHECK date
	Building Chronicle	10 May 1854			p10
	The Bailie	27 July 1910			For 1910 work

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Historic Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	32685
	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	RIBA Nomination Papers		David Webster Robertson: L v25 no2074; Walter Wood Robertson: F v18 p9 no1179 (microfilm reel 12)
	Strathclyde Regional Archives	Glasgow Dean of Guild		1/1154 (1890 plan by W W Robertson)

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