Basic Site Details Name: | Overgate redevelopment | City or county: | Dundee | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Bronze sculptures on front.
Cost £3.5m | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Angus Hotel | | seemingly part of the redevelopment (Burke & Martin) | | Dundee City Centre Redevelopment | | | | Dundee Regional Shopping Centre | | | | Overgate-Nethergate | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Urban planning | | | | Shopping centre | | around existing churches in City Centre |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | High Street | | | | Lindsay Street | | | | Overgate | | | | Reform Street to Long Wynd | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 18 July 1958 | | Proposed | 'now under consideration by Dundee Town Council...Much of the central area is involved. Almost all the existing property will be demolished and in its place it is proposed to erect about 40 shops, including four large department stores, offices, flats, an hotel, a restaurant and a garage. Parking space is to be provided for over 400 vehicles.' 'A sub-committee has recommended approval of the plans. The scheme would remove the last of the jumble of buildings forming the old Overgate, including a building at the High-street-Overgate corner, which is held to date from the 15th century.' per Builder p124 | | 18 October 1958 | | Proposed | 'final day for the lodging of objections to the ...plan. It is envisaged that the redevelopment scheme, including the High-street island site, will be practically completed in five years.' per Builder 24 Oct 1958 p717 | | 31 October 1958 | | Plans prepared, construction not yet begun | 'Plans...nearly completed...It is planned to start work on the Western part of the area...No objections have been lodged to the project...departmental stores, office space, and new streets as well as parking facilities [are proposed]' per Builder p759 | | 1959 | Between 1963 and 1965 | Proposed | third scheme = 'Burke scheme' is in three phases...two-level shopping behind the churches in the Main Square, incl. department stores and an 11-storey block; 3-5 year time frame for completion per Builder 21 Aug 1959 p84 | | 21 August 1959 | | Competition designs submitted | three schemes, including one by Ravenseft Properties of London; a second by Howard Collings Group, of London; a third by Ian Burke (see above) per Builder p84 | | 25 September 1959 | | Scheme accepted | £3.5m. redevelopment of Overgate in three phases (proposal of Murrayfield Real Estate Co., Ltd. of Edinburgh and London); est. start April 1960 per Builder p324 | | 9 September 1960 | | Scheme accepted | Dundee Corporation's zoning proposals for 16 acre area in the city centre/Overgate approved by Secretary of State for Scotland - with exception of Kidd's Rooms and William Patterson's warehouse, which will not be designated for compulsory acquisition; est. cost of the development is £1.5m. to £2m. per Builder p498 | | 1961 | | Build/construction | Begun this year | | 24 March 1961 | | Proposed | full plans for Phase I lodged formally for approval by Dundee Town Planning and Works Committees per Builder p585 | | September 1961 | 1966 | Build/construction | start beginning September announced by Murrayfield REal Estate Co; construction programme in three phases; phase 1 to coincide with council's construction of inner ring road at western end of site per Builder p93 | | 22 May 1964 * | | Contract offered | Murrayfield Real Estate Co have finalised a £2/3m contract with Charles Gary (Builders) of Dundee for Phase II | | 1970s | | Build/construction | Angus Hotel | | 1998 | 2000 | Plans drawn up | New shopping centre |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Healey and Baker, Estate Agents, London | | | Murrayfield Real Estate Co., Ltd. of Edinburgh and London | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gifford, John | 2012 | The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee | | Yale | p117-8 | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p557 | | McKean, Charles and Whatley, Patricia | 2008 | Lost Dundee: Dundee's lost architectural heritage | | Birlinn, Edinburgh | p168 - Angus Hotel and Overgate Centre illustrated | | RCAHMS | 1992 | Dundee on Record | | RCAHMS | p56 Artists's impression of Phase III (c.1965) p66 View of Overgate before demolition (1954) p66 | | RIBA | 1980 | Directory of Practices 1980 | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 18 July 1958 | | | 'Dundee Redevelopment Plans' p124 | | Builder | 24 October 1958 | | | 'Dundee Redevelopment Plan' p717 | | Builder | 1958 | | | 'Dundee City Centre Plans' p759 | | Builder | 21 August 1959 | | | 'Dundee Central Redevelopment' p84 | | Builder | 25 September 1959 | | | p324 | | Builder | 9 September 1960 | | | '£2m. Development in Dundee' p498 | | Builder | 24 March 1961 | | | p585 | | Builder | 14 July 1961 | | | p93 | | Builder | 22 May 1964 | | | p1104 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of David Collin | Information sent to Dictionary | | Sent May 2013 |
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