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". 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. Some of the buildings, for example Notre Dame High School, had already been listed by Historic Scotland before the DoCoMoMo list was compiled, and several more have been designated since, including several at Category A, as "buildings of national or international importance".
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

BuildingLocationDateArchitectNotes
Anderston Cross Industrial ZoneGlasgow1969Jack Holmes and Partners
Andrew Melville Hall of Residence, University of St AndrewsSt Andrews1967James StirlingCategory A listed
Arts Tower and Faculty Building, University of DundeeDundee1961Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and PartnersCategory B listed
AvisfieldCramond, Edinburgh1957Morris and SteedmanCategory B listed
Bernat Klein House and StudioScottish Borders1957 1972 Peter WomersleyBoth buildings Category A listed
Chessel's Court redevelopmentRoyal Mile, Edinburgh1966Robert HurdCategory A/B listed
Crathie Drive DevelopmentGlasgow1952Ronald Bradbury
Cumbernauld New Town original housing areas North Lanarkshire1974Cumbernauld Development Corporation and others
Cumbernauld Town Centre Phase 1Cumbernauld1967Geoffrey CopcuttPartly demolished
Dollan BathsEast Kilbride1968A Buchanan CampbellCategory A listed
Dounreay Experimental Research EstablishmentHighland1958R S BrocklesbyCurrently being decommissioned
Dysart redevelopment Fife1971Wheeler and Sproson
Eaglais Mathair nan Dorainn Gearraidh na Monadh, South Uist1965Richard J McCarronCategory B listed
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, Ward Unit and Operating Theatre SuiteFalkirk1966Keppie, Henderson and Partners
Fishermen's HousesDunbar, East Lothian1952Basil Spence
Forth Road Bridge and Control BuildingFirth of Forth1964Sir Giles Scott, Son and Partners, with Mott, Hay and Anderson Category A listed
Gallowgate redevelopmentAberdeen1966G McI Keith, City Architect
Glasgow Inner Ring Road, North and West FlanksGlasgow1971Scott Wilson Kilpatrick, W HolfordNow part of the M8 motorway
Glasgow University Library and Hunterian Art GalleryGlasgow1965William Whitfield
Gray's School of ArtAberdeen1968D Michael A Shewan
Heddell's Park and Annsbrae Housing SchemeLerwick, Shetland1959Richard Moira and B L C Moira
Heron HouseGlasgow1971Derek Stephenson and PartnersConverted into The Pinnacle residential building in 2001
Hunterston A nuclear power stationNorth Ayrshire1964General Electric Company / Simon-Carves Ltd / Howard V Lobb and Partners
Hutchesontown Area 'C'Gorbals, Glasgow1966Basil SpenceDemolished 12 September 1993
Kildrum Primary SchoolCumbernauld1962Gillespie, Kidd & Coiafire-damaged and subsequently demolished with exception of nursery block
Kincardine Power StationKincardine-on-Forth, Fife1963Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and PartnersDemolished
Kirkcaldy Town HouseKirkcaldy, Fife1956David CarrCategory B listed, designed in the 1930s but not built until after WW2
Lanark County Buildings Hamilton1964D G BannermanCategory A listed
Leith Fort developmentLeith, Edinburgh1966Shaw-Stewart, Baikie and PerryDemolished 2012–2013
Awe Hydro-Electric Project Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute1965J Williamson
Lourdes Secondary SchoolGlasgow1957Thomas Cordiner
Meadowside Granary ExtensionGlasgow1967Clyde Navigation Trust / L G Mouchel and PartnersDemolished
Monktonhall CollieryNewcraighall, East Lothian1965Egon RissDemolished
Moredun temporary housing areaMoredun, Edinburgh1949J A W Grant / City Architect / Sam Bunton
Mortonhall CrematoriumMortonhall, Edinburgh1967Basil SpenceCategory A listed
National Library of ScotlandEdinburgh1955Reginald FairlieCategory A listed, construction began in the 1930s, but not completed until after WW2
New ClubPrinces Street, Edinburgh1969Alan ReiachCategory A listed
Notre Dame High SchoolGlasgow1953Thomas CordinerCategory A listed, designed before the war
Paisley Civic CentrePaisley, Renfrewshire1971Hutchison Locke and Monck
Pathfoot Building, University of StirlingStirling1967Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and PartnersCategory A listed
Plant Houses, Royal Botanic GardenEdinburgh1967George PearceCategory A listed
Pollock Halls of ResidenceEdinburgh1959Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and PaulCategory A listed
Ravenscraig SteelworksMotherwell, North Lanarkshire1957Colvilles/British Steel CorporationDemolished 1993
Red Road developmentGlasgow1969Sam Bunton and AssociatesDemolished 2015
Robert the Bruce statue and rotundaBannockburn, Stirling1964Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson Category A listed
Royal Commonwealth PoolEdinburgh1970Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and PartnersCategory A listed
St. Bride's ChurchEast Kilbride1964Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaCategory A listed, campanile demolished 1987
St. Lawrence's ChurchGreenock1954Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaCategory A listed
St. Paul's ChurchGlenrothes, Fife1957Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaCategory A listed
St. Peter's CollegeCardross, Argyll and Bute1966Gillespie, Kidd & CoiaCategory A listed, currently derelict
St. Peter's Street redevelopmentPeterhead, Aberdeenshire1971Baxter, Clark and PaulDemolished
St. Teresa's ChurchGlasgow1960Alexander McAnally and PartnersCategory B listed
Scottish Provident InstitutionSt Andrew Square, Edinburgh1969Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and PaulDemolished in July 2014
Sighthill Health CentreSighthill, Edinburgh1953Robert Gardner-Medwin
Smithycroft Road Secondary SchoolGlasgow1967A G JuryDemolished
Stow College of Building and Printing / Stow College of Distributive Trades Glasgow1964Wylie, Shanks and Underwood
Turnhouse Airport TerminalEdinburgh Airport1956Robert MatthewDemolished in 1995
University of Edinburgh redevelopmentGeorge Square, Edinburgh1967Robert Matthew Johnson-Marshall, Basil Spence, Glover and Ferguson, and Reiach, Hall and Partners
Transplantation Surgery Unit, Western General HospitalEdinburgh1963Peter Womersley
Vale of Leven HospitalAlexandria, West Dunbartonshire1955Keppie, Henderson and Partners