Basic Site Details
| Name: | Cockenzie Power Station |
| Town, district or village: | Cockenzie |
| City or county: | East Lothian |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Contractor A A Stuart & Sons. The main station includes paired 500ft chimneys; while a substantial five-storey block houses the administrative and ancillary buildings and is linked to the station by a 175ft bridge (Glendinning, 2008). |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Power station | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| Won award or awards | RICA/Times Conservation Award | ||
| 25 August 1961 | Proposed | coal-fired power station on 344 acres immediately east of Preston Links Colliery; the station will use 10,000 tons of coal each day and provide work for 12,500 miners at Monktonhall and Bilston Glen pit shafts per Builder p369 | |
| 1962 | 1968 | Build/construction | |
| 14 February 1964 * | Contract offered | A A Stuart & Sons (Contractors) Ltd have been awarded a £2m contract by South of Scotland Electricity Board for building work and superstructure | |
| 1968 | Won award or awards | Financial Times Industrial Award Commendation | |
| 1971 | Won award or awards | Civic Trust Award | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 | |
| Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners (RMJM) | 1962 | 1968 | |||
| John Christopher ('Chris') Carter | A | 1962 | 1968 | Partner in charge | |
| Robert Hogg Matthew | A | 1962 | 1968 | In overall charge | |
| Kennedy & Donkin | B | 1962 | 1968 | Consulting Engineers | |
| Strain & Robertson | C | 1962 | 1968 | Consulting Engineers | |
| James Williamson & Partners | D | 1962 | 1968 | Consulting Engineers | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| SSEB | |
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 | p582 | ||
| Glendinning, Miles | 2008 | Modern architect: the life and times of Robert Matthew | RIBA Publishing | p298 | |
| McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | p138 | ||
| RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | |||
| RMJM | RMJM Practice Brochure | ||||
| Willis, Peter | 1977 | New architecture in Scotland | p9, p14 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 25 August 1961 | 'New £60m Power Station' p369 | ||
| Builder | 21 February 1964 | p374 | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Mr Lee | Interview with Vernon Lee, 3 February 2010 | Additional information sent October 2010 | |