Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

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

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Bo'ness Road

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1935		Build/construction	Administration and Technical Buildings
	1948		Build/construction	Administrative and Laboratory Buildings (on either side of Bo'ness Road)
	13 September 1957		Scheme accepted	'received permission from Grangemouth Dean of Guild Court for alterations and erections, including crude oil distillation plant, at their Bo'ness-rd. premises. Est. cost ₤4 million. Also to construct causeway, costing ₤150,000 from Grangemouth Docks to the refinery.' per Builder p480
	2 June 1961		Scheme accepted	Dean of Guild approval for £1/4m administration, catering and public relations block per Builder p1072
	22 March 1968		Build/construction	Process and engineering design, procurement and construction of distillate hydrotratment and fractionisation unit, £1.5m

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
	Scottish Oils Ltd, Architectural Department		A	1935		Administration and Technical Buildings
	Yates, Cook & Darbyshire		B	1948		Administrative and Laboratory Buildings (on either side of Bo'ness Road)
	Matthew Hall Engineering Ltd			22 March 1968		engineering design of distillate hydrotreatment and fractionisation unit

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	British Petroleum Refinery (Grangemouth), Ltd.

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
	Building Name	Notes
	Office Block for British Hydrocarbon Chemicals Ltd, Grangemouth
	Oil distilling plant on banks of River Forth	₤3.7m distilling plant, part of a ₤10m expansion
	Recreational centre and canteen for BP Chemicals
	Recreational centre and canteen for BP Chemicals
	Three industrial blocks for Procions, Monastral and Pyrimidines Plants	This might be better under the main heading of refinery (se parent record)

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Gifford, John and Walker, Frank Arneil	2002	Stirling and Central Scotland (The Buildings of Scotland)		New Haven and London: Yale University Press	p533

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	13 September 1957			p480
	Builder	2 June 1961			p1072
	Building	22 March 1968			p158