Basic Site Details
| Name: | Rothes Colliery |
| Town, district or village: | Markinch (near) |
| City or county: | Fife |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Built in association with Glenrothes New Town, closed within a few years, owing to unexpected geological fault. (Glendinning, 1997) |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Colliery | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1957 | Build/construction | ||
| 1993 | Destruction/demolition | ||
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 | |
| Egon Riss | Architect | 1949 | 1957 | With the Fife Coal Company | |
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 | p585 | ||
| Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p21 Photograph | |