Basic Site Details
| Name: | Scottish Industrial Estate, Euclid (Great Britain) Ltd, plant at Newhouse |
| Town, district or village: | Newhouse |
| City or county: | Lanarkshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Euclid manufactures heavy earth-moving equipment American parent company. General Motors is the overall parent |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Factory | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 22 March 1957 | Proposed | 'The government has approved a grant to allow extensions...The factory has been built in three stages and this fourth stage will complete the plant, which now employs 1,000 workers.' per Builder p572 | |
| April 1967 | Alterations and additions | 200,000 square foot extension proposed | |
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 | |
| Frederick Robert Wylie | A | 1957 | |||
| George Ferguson Smellie Shanks | A | 1957 | |||
| Peter Leslie Aitken Williams | A | 1957 | |||
| William Jardine | A | 1957 | |||
| Wylie, Shanks & Wylie | A | 1957 | |||
| Edward Hanlon | A | 1967 | Extension - partner in charge with William Jardine | ||
| Frederick Robert Wylie | B | 1967 | Extension | ||
| Peter Leslie Aitken Williams | B | 1967 | Extension | ||
| William Duncan Hunter | B | 1967 | Extension | ||
| William Jardine | B | 1967 | Extension - partner in charge with Ed Hanlon | ||
| Wylie Shanks & Partners | B | 1967 | Extension | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Euclid (Great Britain) Ltd. | |
References
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 22 March 1957 | p572 | ||
| Building | 21 April 1967 | p175 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Iain MacLaren | Information supplied by email | Sent March 2013 | |
| RIAS, Rutland Square | Records of membership | Obituary of Jardine | |