Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Site Details Name: | Courier Building | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | On site of former Post Office by Walter Wood Robertson. The figures by Albert Hodge, sculptor, represent Literature and Justice. Building faced in Closeburn stone.
Building not fully steel-framed but it was of fireproof steel and concrete construction. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Courier Place | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Commercial office | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 2, Courier Place | Yes | |  | Euclid Crescent | Yes | |  | 22, Meadowside | Yes | |  | Ward Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1898 | | Proposed | Site of fomer post office acquired |  | 1901 | 1902 | | Plans submitted to Dean of Guild and approved. |  | March 1904 | | Contracts advertised | Construction begun that year. |  | 1905 | | Design exhibited | |  | 1905 | 1906 | | Building nearing completion |  | 25 June 1906 | | Completion | Building fully operational |  | 1960 | | | Tower added by T Lindsay Gray |
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 |  | David Barclay Niven | Architect | A | 1901 | 1906 | |  | Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth | Architect | A | 1901 | 1906 | |  | Niven & Wigglesworth | Architectural practice | A | 1901 | 1906 | |  | Thomas Lindsay Gray | Architect | | 1960 | | Addition of tower |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Thomson, D C and Co | |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsParent Structure and SiteThis structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | Building name | Notes |  | Dundee Post Office | This is a different Post Office from the General Post Office by Matheson (see separate entry), which was demolished and replaced by Niven & Wigglesworth's Courier Building. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Academy Architecture | 1905 | | part 1 | | p29 |  | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p137-8 |  | McKean, Charles and Walker, David | 1993 | Dundee: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | Revised Edition | Edinburgh: RIAS | pp44-45 |  | Mouchel, L G and Partners | 1909 | Hennebique Ferro Concrete | | | p48 |  | RCAHMS | 1992 | Dundee on Record | | RCAHMS | Courier Building Extension: view from SW during construction (1960) p65 |  | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | |  | Royal Academy exhibitors | | | | | 1905, no 1631 |  | Thomson, D C & Co | 1906 | The Pageant of the Press | | D C Thomson & Co | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | British Architect | 4 March 1904 | | | pviii |  | Builders Journal and Architectural Engineer | 24 May 1905 | 21 | | After page 282 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Courtesy of Neil Darlington | Information sent via DSA website | | Additional information sent August 2009 |  | Dundee Planning Department/NMRS | Dundee Approved Duplicate Plans (Originals in NMRS for dates 1867-1883; otherwise on microfilm) | | Book 42, pp191-200 |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 25339 | |  | John Gifford | Information coutesy of John Gifford | | |
Images © All rights reserved. Builders Journal and Architectural Engineer 24 May 1905, after p282 |