Basic Site Details
| Name: | The Gyles housing |
| Town, district or village: | Pittenweem |
| City or county: | Fife |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Adjacent to harbour. Cost of 1960s restoration: £17,000 (funded by National Trust). Wheeler & Sproson restoration won Civic Trust Award. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | The Giles housing | ||
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Housing | ||
| Tenement | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| 1-3, The Gyles (or Giles) | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1962 | 1964 | Restoration | Restoration and new buildings |
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 | |
| (Sir) Harry Anthony Wheeler (or simply Sir Anthony Wheeler) | A | 1962 | Restoration and new buildings | ||
| Frank Sproson | A | 1962 | Restoration and new buildings | ||
| Wheeler & Sproson | A | 1962 | Restoration and new buildings | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| National Trust, The | Client for 1960s restoration |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John | 1988 | Fife (The Buildings of Scotland) | p351 | ||
| Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | p601 | ||
| Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p14, p114 | |
| Pride, Glen L | 1999 | The Kingdom of Fife | 2nd Edition | The Rutland Press | p157 |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 4 September 1964 | p515 | ||
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 | (Harry) Anthony Wheeler: F no5841 (combined box 103) | |