Basic Site Details

Name: Carnegie Public Library
Town, district or village: Motherwell
City or county: Lanarkshire
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status:  
Grid ref:
Notes: Assessors G Washington Browne
1st Greig Fairbain and Mcniven - appointed
2nd (1st Premium) 50 guineas. Thomas T Paterson. 5 York Place Edinburgh
3rd (2nd Premium) - J N Scott and A Lorne Campbell 44 Queen Street, Edinburgh

The memorial-stone ot the Carnegie Library at Motherwell, N.B., was laid with Masonic honours on Saturday by Mr. Alexander Findlay, MP. The building, which when furnished will cost £12,000, is from designs by Mr. Greig, architect, Edinburgh. It is situated in Clyde-street, and, in addition to a lecture-hall, reading-rooms, and museum, will accommodate a lending library of 30,000 volumes [Building News 23 September 1904 p453]

Building Type Classification

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

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
 AddressMain entrance?Notes
Item 1 of 133, 35, Hamilton RoadYes 

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 21903 Competition results announced 
Item 2 of 25 April 1906 Opened 

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 9Gilbert Telfer Scott  1903 Competition design - not successful
Item 2 of 9Alfred Greig A19031906Won competition and was commissioned
Item 3 of 9George Donaldson Macniven A19031906Won competition and was commissioned
Item 4 of 9Greig, Fairbairn & Macniven A19031906Won competition and were commissioned
Item 5 of 9Walter Fairbairn A19031906Won competition and was commissioned
Item 6 of 9Thomas Tolmie Paterson B1903 Competition design exhibited - placed second
Item 7 of 9Alexander Lorne Campbell C1903 Competition design - placed third
Item 8 of 9J N Scott & A Lorne Campbell (or Scott & Campbell) C1903 Competition design - placed third
Item 9 of 9John Nichol Scott C1903 Competition design - placed third

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Academy Architecture1904 part 1 p78
Item 2 of 2RSA1904   431 (Greig Fairbairn & McNiven) and 425 (Paterson ) 446 (Scott & Lorne Campbell))

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2British Architect24 April 1903  p292 - competition results
Item 2 of 2Building News23 September 1904  p453 - foundation stone

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 3Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register48307 
Item 2 of 3National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSDrawings Collection Ref given in HS List is '0404' which seems unlikely. Check
Item 3 of 3RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert MuseumRIBA Nomination Papers Walter Fairbairn: L v17 no1256; Alfred Greig: L v18 no1303; George Donaldson Macniven: L v19 no1441 & F no1588 (microfilm reel 13); Gilbert Telfer Scott: L v6 no387 (microfilm reel 31)