Basic Site Details Name: | Queen's College | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | related to 200323 - will need to research - CHECK
Matthew scheme demolishing 200318/University College, main block (Queen's College)? CHECK | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | College | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 31 May 1957 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | 'plans prepared by own architect for three-phase development in which is incorporated a ten-storey building. Demolition of existing buildings will commence this year and first phase of new building will start in 1958.' per Builder p1017 | | 12 July 1957 | | Scheme accepted | 'A ₤420,000 extension to Queen's College, Dundee, incorporating a 140 ft. high 11-storey block has been approved by the University Authorities....The present frontage of the college consists of a group of older houses which were standing when the University College premises were created there in 1883; these will be demolished this autumn when work begins on the project. The block will be flanked on the east by a new library and on the west by a large hall, seating 800 to 1,000, to be built at a later date.' per Builder p87 | | 18 October 1957 | | Destruction/demolition | 'part of the buildings of Queen's College are being demolished to make way for a three-phase development scheme, incorporating an 11-storey tower' per Builder p701 | | 4 July 1958 | | Proposed | 'design of the new frontage for Queen's College has been conceived in the modern idiom by the architect, Prof. R. H. Matthew, ARSA. Stage one will consist of the library building, together with a number of lecture rooms. Stage two will embrace the tower, which will have 11 floors and house the senate room and other committee rooms, the principals and masters' rooms, the departments of mathematics, French, German, education, psychology, law and geology, and the staff club.' per Builder p38 |
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Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsParent Structure and SiteThis structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | Building name | Notes | | University College, main block | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p18, p29, p180-1, p17 Queens College, Dundee: perspective of Matthew's extension scheme (1958-61) | | Glendinning, Miles | 2008 | Modern architect: the life and times of Robert Matthew | | RIBA Publishing | p174-6 - incorrectly gives date as c.1946? |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 31 May 1957 | | | p1017 | | Builder | 12 July 1957 | | | 'Queen's College Extension', p87 | | Builder | 18 October 1957 | | | p701 | | Builder | 4 July 1958 | | | 'St. Andrews University Development Proposals' p38 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of James Latimer | Interview of James Latimer by Jessica Taylor, 5 March 2009 | | |
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