DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments

DoCoMoMo Key Scottish Monuments is a list of 60 notable post-war buildings in Scotland, compiled in 1993 by the international architectural conservation organisation DoCoMoMo.

The buildings date from the period 1945–1970, and were selected by a panel as being significant examples of architectural style, building materials and location. The purpose was in part to raise the profile of post-war architecture, and to "demonstrate that architecture, as an art, flourished during those years".^[1] The list was the basis for an exhibition at the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, aimed at introducing some of these buildings as "heritage". The predominant view of post-war architecture, and of many modernist buildings in particular, was not favourable in the UK at the time, and the list was intended to inform the statutory listing of significant works.^[1] Since the list was published, a number of the buildings have been listed by Historic Scotland, including several at Category A, as "buildings of national or international importance".^[2]

The list includes a wide range of structures, from large industrial plants, to small private houses, and covers the diversity of building types that were constructed during the period. Not all the buildings have survived: two of the most prominent casualties have been Basil Spence's Hutchesontown C complex in Glasgow, demolished in 1993, and Gillespie, Kidd & Coia's St. Peter's Seminary in Cardross, which has been derelict since the late 1980s.

List

Building	Location	Date	Architect	Notes
Anderston Cross Industrial Zone	Glasgow	1969	Jack Holmes and Partners
Andrew Melville Hall of Residence, University of St Andrews	St Andrews	1967	James Stirling	Category A listed [3]
Arts Tower and Faculty Building, University of Dundee	Dundee	1961	Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners	Category B listed [4]
Avisfield	Cramond, Edinburgh	1957	Morris and Steedman	Category B listed [5]
Bernat Klein House and Studio	Scottish Borders	1957 (house) 1972 (studio)	Peter Womersley	Both buildings Category A listed [6][7]
Chessel's Court redevelopment	Royal Mile, Edinburgh	1966	Robert Hurd	Category A/B listed [8][9][10]
Crathie Drive Development	Glasgow	1952	Ronald Bradbury
Cumbernauld New Town original housing areas (Kildrum, Park, Carbrain, Ravenswood, Seafar, Muirhead)	North Lanarkshire	1974	Cumbernauld Development Corporation and others
Cumbernauld Town Centre Phase 1	Cumbernauld	1967	Geoffrey Copcutt	Partly demolished
Dollan Baths	East Kilbride	1968	A Buchanan Campbell	Category A listed [11]
Dounreay Experimental Research Establishment	Highland	1958	R S Brocklesby	Currently being decommissioned
Dysart redevelopment (Phases 1-3)	Fife	1971	Wheeler and Sproson
Eaglais Mathair nan Dorainn (Church of Our Lady of Sorrows)	Gearraidh na Monadh, South Uist	1965	Richard J McCarron	Category A listed [12]
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, Ward Unit and Operating Theatre Suite	Falkirk	1966	Keppie, Henderson and Partners
Fishermen's Houses	Dunbar, East Lothian	1952	Basil Spence
Forth Road Bridge and Control Building	Firth of Forth	1964	Sir Giles Scott, Son and Partners, with Mott, Hay and Anderson (engineers)	Category A listed [13]
Gallowgate redevelopment	Aberdeen	1966	G McI Keith, City Architect
Glasgow Inner Ring Road, North and West Flanks	Glasgow	1971	Scott Wilson Kilpatrick (engineers), W Holford	Now part of the M8 motorway
Glasgow University Library and Hunterian Art Gallery	Glasgow	1965	William Whitfield
Gray's School of Art	Aberdeen	1968	D Michael A Shewan
Heddell's Park and Annsbrae Housing Scheme	Lerwick, Shetland	1959	Richard Moira and B L C Moira
Heron House	Glasgow	1971	Derek Stephenson and Partners	Converted into The Pinnacle residential building in 2001
Hunterston A nuclear power station	North Ayrshire	1964	General Electric Company / Simon-Carves Ltd (design consortium) / Howard V Lobb and Partners (consulting architects)
Hutchesontown Area 'C'	Gorbals, Glasgow	1966	Basil Spence	Demolished 12 September 1993
Kildrum Primary School	Cumbernauld	1962	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	Category B listed,[14] fire-damaged and subsequently demolished with exception of nursery block
Kincardine Power Station	Kincardine, Fife	1963	Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners	Demolished
Kirkcaldy Town House	Kirkcaldy, Fife	1956	David Carr	Category B listed,[15] designed in the 1930s but not built until after WW2
Lanark County Buildings (now South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters)	Hamilton	1964	D G Bannerman	Category A listed [16]
Leith Fort development	Leith, Edinburgh	1966	Shaw-Stewart, Baikie and Perry	Demolished 2012–2013
Awe Hydro-Electric Project (Ben Cruachan Section)	Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute	1965	J Williamson (engineer)
Lourdes Secondary School	Glasgow	1957	Thomas Cordiner
Meadowside Granary Extension	Glasgow	1967	Clyde Navigation Trust / L G Mouchel and Partners	Demolished
Monktonhall Colliery	Newcraighall, East Lothian	1965	Egon Riss	Demolished
Moredun temporary housing area	Moredun, Edinburgh	1949	J A W Grant / City Architect / Sam Bunton
Mortonhall Crematorium	Mortonhall, Edinburgh	1967	Basil Spence	Category A listed [17]
National Library of Scotland	Edinburgh	1955	Reginald Fairlie	Category B listed,[18] construction began in the 1930s, but not completed until after WW2
New Club	Princes Street, Edinburgh	1969	Alan Reiach	Category A listed [19]
Notre Dame High School	Glasgow	1953	Thomas Cordiner	Category A listed,[20] designed before the war
Paisley Civic Centre	Paisley, Renfrewshire	1971	Hutchison Locke and Monck
Pathfoot Building, University of Stirling	Stirling	1967	Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners	Category A listed [21]
Plant Houses, Royal Botanic Garden	Edinburgh	1967	George Pearce	Category A listed [22]
Pollock Halls of Residence	Edinburgh	1959	Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul	Category A listed [23]
Ravenscraig Steelworks	Motherwell, North Lanarkshire	1957	Colvilles/British Steel	Demolished 1993
Red Road development	Glasgow	1969	Sam Bunton and Associates	Partly demolished. Full demolition scheduled for 2016
Robert the Bruce statue and rotunda	Bannockburn, Stirling	1964	Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (sculptor)	Category A listed [24]
Royal Commonwealth Pool	Edinburgh	1970	Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners	Category A listed [25]
St. Bride's Church	East Kilbride	1964	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	Category A listed,[26] campanile demolished 1987
St. Lawrence's Church	Greenock	1954	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	Category A listed [27]
St. Paul's Church	Glenrothes, Fife	1957	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	Category A listed [28]
St. Peter's College	Cardross, Argyll and Bute	1966	Gillespie, Kidd & Coia	Category A listed,[29] currently derelict
St. Peter's Street redevelopment	Peterhead, Aberdeenshire	1971	Baxter, Clark and Paul	Demolished
St. Teresa's Church	Glasgow	1960	Alexander McAnally and Partners	Category B listed [30]
Scottish Provident Institution	St Andrew Square, Edinburgh	1969	Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul	Category B listed [31] demolished in July 2014 [32]
Sighthill Health Centre	Sighthill, Edinburgh	1953	Robert Gardner-Medwin
Smithycroft Road Secondary School	Glasgow	1967	A G Jury	Demolished
Stow College of Building and Printing / Stow College of Distributive Trades (now part of Glasgow Metropolitan College)	Glasgow	1964	Wylie, Shanks and Underwood
Turnhouse Airport Terminal	Edinburgh Airport	1956	Robert Matthew	Demolished in 1995
University of Edinburgh redevelopment	George Square, Edinburgh	1967	Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall, Basil Spence, Glover and Ferguson, and Reiach, Hall and Partners
Transplantation Surgery Unit, Western General Hospital	Edinburgh	1963	Peter Womersley
Vale of Leven Hospital	Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire	1955	Keppie, Henderson and Partners

References

1. Glendinning (ed.), p.153
2. "What is Listing?". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
3. "University of St Andrews, Andrew Melville Hall: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
4. "University of Dundee, The Tower: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
5. "Avisfield, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
6. "High Sunderland, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
7. "The Studio, High Sunderland, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
8. "242-244 (even nos) Canongate, (Chessel's Court N block): Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
9. "Canongate, 1 and 2 Chessel's Court (W block): Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
10. "Canongate, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 6B Chessel's Court (S block): Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
11. "Dollan Aqua Centre: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
12. "Our Lady of Sorrows RC Church: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
13. "Forth Road Bridge, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
14. "Kildrum Primary School: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
15. "Wemyssfield, Town House: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
16. "Lanark County Buildings: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
17. "Mortonhall Crematorium: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
18. "National Library of Scotland: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
19. "84–87 Princes Street, incorporating the New Club: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
20. "Notre Dame High School: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
21. "Stirling University Campus, Pathfoot Building: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
22. "Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Row, 1967 greenhouse: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
23. "Pollock Halls of Residence, phases I and II: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
24. "Bannockburn, Rotunda, Memorial Cairn, Flagpole and Statue of King Robert I: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
25. "Royal Commonwealth Pool: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
26. "St Bride's Roman Catholic Church, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
27. "St Laurence's RC Church: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
28. "St Paul's Roman Catholic Church: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
29. "St Peter's College, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
30. "St Teresa's Roman Catholic Church: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
31. "6 and 7 St Andrew Square and 7-19 South St David Street: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
32. "Scottish Provident demolition labelled a ‘tragedy’". Urban Realm.

• Glendinning, Miles, ed. (1997). Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-1975. Tuckwell Press. ISBN 1-898410-33-X.

See also

• Prospect 100 best modern Scottish buildings

External links

• – Map of DoCoMoMo 60 Scottish Key Monuments (on Google Maps)