Basic Site Details

Name: Wester Auchengeich Colliery, pithead baths
City or county: Lanarkshire
Country: Scotland
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Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 2After 1929Before 1951  
Item 2 of 21937  Original building or extensions?

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 4Hugh Smith AAfter 1929Before 1951As chief assistant or deputy chief architect for the Miners' Welfare Committee
Item 2 of 4Miners' Welfare Committee (or Miners' Welfare Commission), Mines Department, (National Coal Board Divisional Welfare) AAfter 1929Before 1951 
Item 3 of 4John Austin Dempster B1937 Alterations? Original building? as Chief Architect for the Northern Division, Miners' Welfare Commission
Item 4 of 4O Parry B1937 Alterations? Original building?- as assistant to Dempster

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Miners' Welfare Committee 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Allison, Georgina1994The Miners Welfare Commission and Pithead Baths in Scotland Twentieth Century Society journal, Summer 1, Industrial Architecture, pp 55-64Appendices A & B

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Architect and Building News1937Jul-Dec p90

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 1RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert MuseumRIBA Nomination Papers Hugh Smith: F no4623 (combined box 25)