Basic Site Details | Name: | YMCA | | Town, district or village: | Grangemouth | | City or county: | Stirlingshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | Cost £5,000 (approx.)
Falkirk Herald - Saturday 09 February 1901
GRANGEMOUTH
Y.M.C.A. NEW INSTITUTE BUILDINGS. opening ceremony. Yesterday the opening ceremony in connection with the Y.M.C.A. new Institute Buildings took place. The buildings, which are Renaissance in style, are situated the corner of Kerse Road and Abbots Road. The main buildings consist of a large hall, giving sitting accommodation for 600 with retiring rooms from the platform and choir, and a kitchen. The main entrance is from Abbots Road, and on each side the vestibule are cloak-rooms, secretary's room, and a social parlour, while .suitable lavatory accommodation is also provided. Situated immediately above the social parlour is a lesser hall, seated for 150. Both halls have open roofs, and the buildings are heated throughout by hot water. In conjunction with the halls is a tenement of houses running along Kerse Road. The cost of the buildings is about £4500. G. Deas Page, Falkirk, was the architect, and the following were the contractors: —Mason. George Primrose. Grangemouth: joiiier. A. Williamson, Grangemouth: sinter. Mr .lames Rnssell, Grangemouth; piasterer, Mr Peter Baird. Grangemouth; plumber, Mr Peter Kincnid. Grangemouth; painter, Cochrane, Grangemouth; heating apparatus, Messrs Meikle and Pliilp, Edinburgh; glacier, Mrs, D. O'May, Falkirk.
[Note] (NS929817) not extant
| Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Club | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | February 1901 | | Opened | |
PeopleDesign 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 | | George Deas Page | | A | 1901 | | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 22 February 1901 | | | p260 | | Falkirk Herald | 9 February 1901 | | | |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of Neil Darlington | Information sent via DSA website | | Sent October 2009 | | Information courtesy of John Reid | Information to website | | Sent February 2015 |
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