Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	County buildings

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	25 March 1960		Proposed	open design competition for new County buildings per Builder p626
	5 August 1960		Proposed	competition to be re-advertised due to a change in design programme per Builder p240
	9 December 1960		Proposed	competition to design new £225,000 County Offices open to architects practising and resident in Scotland; conditions and general instructions from County Clerk, County Offices, Newtown St. Boswells on deposit of £2 2s; final date for questions is 31 Oct 1960 and last date for submissions is 31 March 1961; assessor is W H Kininmonth, RSA, FRIBA, FRIAS per Builder p1065
	1961		Plans prepared, construction not yet begun	Date given by Womersley in RIBA Kalendar 1970 1961-1968 (Phase I)
	6 January 1961		Proposed	repeat of details in 9 Dec issue of the Builder on p18
	26 May 1961		Design exhibited	Womersley's winning design in Builder pp990-993
	1966	1968	Build/construction	Roxburgh County Buildings Phase I
	10 June 1966		Contract offered	Tender accepted from John Laing Construction Ltd, £29,900

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
	Alexander Duncan Bell			26 May 1961		Bell's competition entry (no. 8) won second place per Builder p990
	Andrew Jackson			26 May 1961		Jackson's and White's joint competition entry (no. 9) awarded special commendation per Builder p990
	Charles Peter Womersley (known as Peter Womersley)			26 May 1961		Womersley's competition entry (no. 17) won first place per Builder p990
	Duncan Maclean			26 May 1961		Maclean's competition entry (no. 11) commended per Builder p990
	Francis ('Frank') Sibbald White			26 May 1961		Jackson's and White's joint competition entry (no. 9) awarded special commendation per Builder p990
	Geoffrey Copcutt			26 May 1961		Copcutt's competition entry (no. 22) placed third per Builder p990
	Charles Peter Womersley (known as Peter Womersley)			1966	1968	Roxburgh County Buildings Phase I
	John Laing Construction Ltd			10 June 1966		for Phase I
	Ove Arup & Partners			10 June 1966		Consulting engineers
	Tully & Maguire			10 June 1966		Quantity surveyors

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	County Council

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A	1996	A History of Scottish Architecture			p602
	Glendinning, Miles	1997	Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75		Tuckwell Press Ltd	p36
	RIBA	1970	RIBA Directory 1970

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	25 March 1960			p626
	Builder	5 August 1960			'Competition News: County Offices, Roxburgh' p240
	Builder	9 December 1960			'Competitions Open - County Offices, Roxburgh' p1065
	Builder	6 January 1961			'Competitions Open - County Offices, Roxburgh' p18
	Builder	26 May 1961			'County Offices, Roxburgh' pp990-993; site plan p990; elevations and sections p991; plans p992; council chamber plan, elevations and sections p993
	Building	10 June 1966			p186