Basic Site Details Name: | Deaf and Dumb Institute | Town, district or village: | Langside | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The drawing in the Clarke & Bell album (compiled by A MacQueen) is of rear elevation showing section through the hall (drawn on tracing paper) and a detail by Salmon Son & Ritchie. It is not clear whether this was an acquired drawings from the office of the original architects ot whether Clarke & Bell had some work there; it is also possible MacQueen moved to Salmon Son & Ritchie's taking this collection of Clarke & Bell drawings with him but that seems unlikely.
The winning 1959 competition design for the new college, by Boissevain & Osmond, ARIBA, worked with the sloping site creating direct access to the main elements of the plan from courts and landscaped areas. The planned accomodation was in five parts: communal block, including administration; quiet teaching block; domestic science block; workshop block; and gymnasia. Proposed access was by a road (with a car park off (near the main entrance and communal block)) and a service road extension leading to the kitchen, workshops and catering block. Total cost estimated at £466,327. Actual cost £1,000,000 | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Langside College of Further Education | Yes | | | Langside Technical College | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Institute(?) | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 50-56, Prospecthill Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1866 | 1868 | | | | 22 May 1868 | | Opened | | | 1892 | | | Alterations | | 1896 | | | Earn Cottage and Boys' Home and alterations to rear classrooms | | 1901 | | | Alterations to Earn Cottage and Boys' Home | | April 1950 | | Addition | Plans in hand for alterations and additions | | 8 February 1952 * | | Addition | Plans to be prepared for additions and extensions | | 9 January 1959 | | Competition designs submitted | competition result - '1st (Premium £3,000): Boissevain & Osmond, 2 Field-court, Gray's Inn. WC1 (Design No. 89) 2nd (Premium £2,000): Alison & Hutchison & Partners, FRIBA, FRIAS, 73 George-street, Edinburgh (Design No. 15). 3rd (Premium £1,000): Mervyn Handley, Wallington, Surrey (Design No. 36). Commended: J. W. Davidson, ARIBA, F. Lloyd Roche, ARIBA, and B. J. Seaman, ARIBA, of Coventry; Barrie Dewhurst, of Harvard University; D. Dex Harrison, FRIBA, AMTPI, of London. The premiated designs are illustrated on pages 56-59.' per Builder p49 | | 21 January 1959 | 27 January 1959 | Design exhibited | 'all 94 [competition] designs will be shown in the McLellan Galleries, Sauchiehall-st., Glasgow, from January 21-27.' per Builder 9 Jan 1959 p49 | | May 1961 | August 1964 | Build/construction | estimated starting and completion dates for new college per Builder 28 Apr 1961 p811 | | 25 November 1966 | | Scheme accepted | Education committee agreed to enlarge college, cost £203,000 |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Education Authority | c 1961 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1872 | | | | 687 (Salmon, Son & Ritchie) | | O'Donnell, Raymond | 2003 | The life and work of James Salmon architect, 1873-1924 | | Edinburgh: The Rutland Press | Salmon work | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1975 | RIBA Directory of practices | | | | | Tweed | | History of Glasgow | | | p53 | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p549 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Ayr Advertiser | 5 March 1896 | | | | | Ayr Advertiser | 6 May 1897 | | | | | Ayr Advertiser | 15 July 1897 | | | | | Builder | 11 October 1902 | LXXXIII | | | | Builder | 28 April 1950 | | | p570 | | Builder | 8 February 1952 | | | p240 | | Builder | 9 January 1959 | | | 'College of Further Education, Glasgow: Competition Result' p49; same title pp56-59 of this issue includes plans, elevations, longitudinal section of winning design (pp56-57), plan and elevation of design placed second (p58) and plan and site layout for design placed third (p59) | | Builder | 23 January 1959 | | | perspective drawing (by Howard Mason) on p173 shows the winning design by Messrs. Boissevain & Osmond, ARIBA | | Builder | 28 April 1961 | | | 'New Technical Colleges, Scotland' p811 | | Building | 25 November 1966 | | | p152 | | The Studio | 1905 | v | | p54, 55 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 43001 | Is this the Listing for the lodge or the main building? Unclear in HS list | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Clarke & Bell Album (drawings trimmed to fit, address, dates & titles cut away) | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | James Salmon: F v5 p54, microfiche 88/G5; James Salmon (Junior): F v18 p11 no1180 (microfilm reel 12); William Forrest Salmon: F v5 p56, microfiche 89/A4; William Alexander Kidd: L v18 no 1384 | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 30 July 1896 and 1901 for Salmon work |
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