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Basic Site Details
Name
Dundee High School
Town, District or Village
Parish
City or County
Dundee
Status
A Listed
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Alternative Names
The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
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Name
Current Name
Notes
Public Seminaries
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Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
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Classification
Original Classification
Notes
School
Not Known
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Street Addresses
The following street addresses are associated with this building:
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Address
Current Address
Notes
Euclid Crescent
Yes
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Events
The following date-based events are associated with this building:
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Event Type
From
To
Notes
Competition designs submitted
1831c
Build/construction
1832
1834
Plans approved
1833/08/05
Plans of gateway and parapet wall of seminary approved
Addition
1853
1854
Rear wing extended to N - 5 bays on W
Addition
1853
1854
Rear wing extended to N - on E by 3 bays
1899
Proposal for observatory dome 9 feet in diameter on school roof - not executed
1899/08/09
Drawings dated for observatory proposal
Addition
1951
1952
Dining hall
Plans prepared, construction not yet begun
1957/02/08
\'plans in hand for reconstruction\' per Builder p252 Interior remodelling. Dates of work 1957-64.
Opened
1958/03/25
Sir Edward Appleton, Principal and Vice Chancellor of Edinburgh University opened the laboratories in the new science block, part of three part reconstruction programme at Dundee High School estimated to cost £65,000 per Builder 4 April 1958, p654
Build/construction
1973
Sports Club, Dundee High School. Cost £30,000
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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.
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Person
Partnership Group
Role
From
To
Notes
James Brewster
H
Architect
1829
1832
Competition design - not successful. However asked to draw up specifications for Angus\'s plan of wall and gateway.
David Mackenzie I
E
Architect
1829C
Competition design - not successful
George Angus
F
Architect
1831
1834
Won competition and secured job. Construction supervised by James Paterson. Also designed gateway and parapet wall of seminary.
James Paterson
G
Architect
1832
1834
Supervised execution of design by Angus
William Gauldie
D
Architect
1899
Proposal for observatory dome 9 feet in diameter on school roof - not executed
William Wallace Friskin
C
Architect
1951
1952
Dining Hall
Donald (F?) Ross
B
Architect
1957
1964
Interior remodelling. Per Builder p654
Douglas Nairn
B
Architect
1957
1964
Interior remodelling. Per Builder p654
James Douglas Nairn
B
Architect
1957
1964
Interior remodelling. Per Builder p654
James Fraser Anderson
B
Architect
1957
1964
Interior remodelling. Per Builder p654
Thomas Hill Thoms
B
Architect
1957
1964
Interior remodelling. Per Builder p654
Thoms & Wilkie
B
Architectural practice
1957
1964
Interior remodelling. Per Builder p654
James McLellan Brown
C
Architect
1957/02/08
\'R. Dron and J. McLellan Brown, Municipal Buildings, City Square\' per Builder p252
Robert Dron
C
Architect
1957/02/08
\'R. Dron and J. McLellan Brown, Municipal Buildings, City Square\' per Builder p293
(Professor) James Paul
A
Architect
1973
Sports club added
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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):
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Notes
Name
Physics Laboratory, Dundee High School
Dundee High School, gymnasium block
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References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
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Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Gifford, John
2012
The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee
Yale
p58, 108-9
Mackie, C
1836
Historical description of Dundee
p142
McKean, Charles and Walker, David
1993
Dundee: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
Revised Edition
Edinburgh: RIAS
p53
RCAHMS
1992
Dundee on Record
RCAHMS
p20 Photograph showing view of south facade by Colin McWilliam (1956), and elevation and plan of south facade (1991)
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Builder
1958/04/04
'Dundee Laboratories Opened' p654
Builder
1957/02/08
p252
Dundee Advertiser
Reference lost
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Archive References
The following archives hold material relating to this building:
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Source
Name
Cat Number
Item Name
Notes
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Drawings Collection
DC 15136
Dundee High School
Dundee High School drawings
Observatory proposal (per letter from Sinclair Gauldie, 4 March 1964)
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
25177
Dundee City Archives
Dundee Town Council Minutes
Town Council minutes (including minutes of 5 August 1833 for parapet wall and gateway)
Dundee Central Library Local Studies Department
Plans & Drawings Collection
Ground plan by Brewster.
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Scottish Survey of Architectural Practices Project MS material
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