Basic Site Details Name: | Blackie & Son Printing Works | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Drawings presented to University of Glasgow in 1967 - since lost. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Villafield Press | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Printing works | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 15-17, Stanhope Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1869 | 1871 | | | | 1885 | | | Extension | | 1899 | 1900 | | Block on corner of Taylor Street | | 1967 | | Demolition | |
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 | | A & G Thomson | | A | 1869 | 1871 | South part of main block - now demolished | | Alexander Thomson | | A | 1869 | 1871 | South part of main block - now demolished | | George Thomson | | A | 1869 | 1871 | South part of main block - now demolished | | Alexander Skirving | | B | 1885 | | Extension to north of main block - main block now demolished | | Alexander Skirving | | C | 1890 | | Block to west of site | | George Simpson | | | 1899 | 1900 | Block on the corner of Taylor Street |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Blackie, Robert & Son - publishers | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Blackie, Agnes A C | 1959 | Blackie & Son 1809-1959 | | London and Glasgow 1959 | | | Gildard, Thomas | 1888 | Greek Thomson | | Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, xix (30 January 1888), pp191-209 | | | Gomme, Andor and Walker, David | 1987 | Architecture of Glasgow | Second revised edn | London: Lund Humphries | | | Hume, John R | 1974 | Industrial Archaeology of Glasgow | | Glasgow & London: Blackie | G22 | | McFadzean, Ronald | 1979 | The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson | | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul | | | Nicholson, Jane or Thomson, Amelia | | Memoir of Alexander Thomson | | Written for Alexander Thomson Memorial | | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glasgow City Archives | Frank Worsdall's Collection on Greek Thomson, including job list and photograph list | | | | Glasgow University | Glasgow University Archives | | Drawings by Skirving | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 13 October 1869, 27 April 1871 |
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