Basic Site Details
| Name: | Cardowan Colliery, Pithead Baths |
| Town, district or village: | Cardowan |
| City or county: | Lanarkshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Design also exhibited at the Brussells Exhibition in 1935. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Colliery | ||
| Pithead baths | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1933 | |||
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 | |
| Hugh Smith | Architect | A | 1933 | As chief assistant to John Austin Dempster, on the staff of the Miners' Welfare Committee | |
| John Austin Dempster | Architect | A | 1933 | As Senior Architect for Scotland and North of England for the Miners' Welfare Committee | |
| John Henry Forshaw | Architect | A | 1933 | Assisted Joihn Austin Dempster in the design | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Miners' Welfare Committee | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Allison, Georgina | 1994 | The Miners Welfare Commission and Pithead Baths in Scotland | Twentieth Century Society journal, Summer 1, Industrial Architecture, pp 55-64 | ||
| McKean, Charles | 1987 | The Scottish Thirties: An Architectural Introduction | Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press | p117 | |
| RSA | 1935 | 652 | |||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architect and Building News | 1935 | Jul-Dec | p165 | |
| RIAS Quarterly | 1936 | Spring/Summer | Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) | p15-30 (illustration) |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | John Austin Dempster: F no3347 (box 21); Hugh Smith: F no4623 (combined box 25) | |
Images
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