Basic Site Details

Name: Fruit and vegetable market
City or county: Glasgow
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status:  
Grid ref:
Notes: Cost £1.4m

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Market  

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
 AddressMain entrance?Notes
Item 1 of 1Blochairn Road  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 38 January 1960 ProposedGlasgow Corp. Markets Com. proposing 10-acre fruit market; land to be acquired per Builder p82. May originally have been proposed for Gallowgate. However built in Blochairn Road.
Item 2 of 319661969Build/construction 
Item 3 of 3August 1967 Build/constructionTenders accepted for construction of fruit and vegetable market on 30 acre site for City Council.

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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 3Gotch & Partners A19661969Architects and planning consultants
Item 2 of 3John Arthur Wells-Thorpe A19661969 
Item 3 of 3John Peter Raby Black A19661969 

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Glasgow City Council 

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2RIBA1970RIBA Directory 1970   
Item 2 of 2Williamson, Riches, Higgs1990Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)  p423

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Builder8 January 1960  p82
Item 2 of 2Building11 August 1967  p112