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] Some of the buildings, for example Notre Dame High School, had already been listed by Historic Scotland before the DoCoMoMo list was compiled,[2] and several more have been designated since, including several at Category A, as "buildings of national or international importance".[3]

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

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Building  | Location  | Date  | Architect  | Notes

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Anderston Centre 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 [4]
Arts Tower and Faculty Building, University of Dundee | Dundee | 1961 | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners | Category B listed [5]
Avisfield | Cramond, Edinburgh | 1957 | Morris and Steedman | Category B listed [6]
Bernat Klein House and Studio | Scottish Borders | 1957 (house) 1972 (studio) | Peter Womersley | Both buildings Category A listed [7][8]
Chessel's Court redevelopment | Royal Mile, Edinburgh | 1966 | Robert Hurd | Category A/B listed [9][10][11]
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 [12]
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 B listed [13]
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 [14]
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 | fire-damaged and subsequently demolished with exception of nursery block
Kincardine Power Station | Kincardine-on-Forth, 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 A 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,[2] 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 [20]
Plant Houses, Royal Botanic Garden | Edinburgh | 1967 | George Pearce | Category A listed [21]
Pollock Halls of Residence | Edinburgh | 1959 | Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul | Category A listed [22]
Ravenscraig steelworks | Motherwell | 1957 | Colvilles/British Steel Corporation | Demolished 1993
Red Road development | Glasgow | 1969 | Sam Bunton and Associates | Demolished 2015
Robert the Bruce statue and rotunda | Bannockburn, Stirling | 1964 | Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson (sculptor) | Category A listed [23]
Royal Commonwealth Pool | Edinburgh | 1970 | Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners | Category A listed [24]
St. Bride's Church | East Kilbride | 1964 | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | Category A listed,[25] campanile demolished 1987
St. Lawrence's Church | Greenock | 1954 | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | Category A listed [26]
St. Paul's Church | Glenrothes, Fife | 1957 | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | Category A listed [27]
St. Peter's College | Cardross, Argyll and Bute | 1966 | Gillespie, Kidd & Coia | Category A listed,[28] 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 [29]
Scottish Provident Institution | St Andrew Square, Edinburgh | 1969 | Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul | Demolished in July 2014 [30]
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 and Stow College of Distributive Trades | Glasgow | 1964 | Wylie, Shanks and Underwood | Both Category B listed [31][32]
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

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1. ^ a b Glendinning (ed.), p.153
2. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "160 Observatory Road, Notre Dame High School (LB32571)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
3. ^ "What is Listing?: Categories of listed building". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
4. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "North Haugh, University of St Andrews, Andrew Melville Hall (LB51846)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
5. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Perth Road, University of Dundee, The Tower (LB51058)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
6. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "12 Cramond Road North, Avisfield with garden walls and terraces (LB50793)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
7. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Sunderland, Galashiels, including boundary walls and gate piers (LB50862)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
8. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "High Sunderland, The Studio (former Bernat Klein Studio) (LB19484)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
9. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "242-244 (Even Nos) Canongate, (Chessel's Court N Block) (LB51173)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
10. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Canongate, 1 and 2 Chessel's Court (W Block) (LB51171)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
11. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Canongate, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 6B Chessel's Court (S Block) including St Saviour's Child Garden (LB28454)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
12. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Dollan Aqua Centre, Brouster Hill, East Kilbride (LB48682)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
13. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Garrynamonie, Our Lady of Sorrows RC Church including boundary walls and gatepiers (LB51401)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
14. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Forth Road Bridge with approach ramps and piers (LB47778)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
15. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wemyssfield, Town House with Provost's Lamps and Boundary Walls (LB36387)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
16. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Almada Street, Lanark County Buildings (LB34472)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
17. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "30B Howdenhall Road, Mortonhall Crematorium with Remembrance Chapel... (LB43242)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
18. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "National Library of Scotland, 57 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh (LB27684)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
19. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "84-87 (Inclusive Nos) Princes Street, Incorporating The New Club (LB43322)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
20. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Stirling University Campus, Pathfoot Building (LB51327)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
21. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith Row, 1967 Greenhouse (LB49216)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
22. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "University of Edinburgh, Pollock Halls of Residence Phases I and II: South Hall (Formerly Holland House, Fraser House and Refectory) and Holland House (Blocks A, B, C and D), 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh (LB50187)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
23. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Bannockburn, Rotunda, Memorial Cairn, Flagpole and Statue of King Robert I (LB49860)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
24. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Royal Commonwealth Pool, 21 Dalkeith Road and Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh (LB43148)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
25. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Whitemoss Avenue, St Bride's Roman Catholic Church, including presbytery and ancillary buildings (LB26630)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
26. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Kilmalcolm Road, St Laurence's RC Church and presbytery (LB34184)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
27. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Glenrothes, Warout Road,St Paul's Roman Catholic Church with presbytery and boundary walls (LB10012)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
28. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Cardross Kilmahew Estate, St Peter's College (LB6464)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
29. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "86- 90 Saracen Street, St Teresa's Roman Catholic Church and presbytery... (LB45981)". Retrieved 18 April 2019.
30. ^ "Scottish Provident demolition labelled a 'tragedy'". Urban Realm.
31. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "60 North Hanover Street and 63 North Frederick Street, Glasgow College of Building and Printing (LB48414)". Retrieved 27 February 2023.
32. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "300 Cathederal Street, Charles Oakley Campus, Central College of Commerce (LB48413)". Retrieved 27 February 2023.

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

### See also

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* Prospect 100 best modern Scottish buildings

## External links

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* [1] – Map of DoCoMoMo 60 Scottish Key Monuments (on Google Maps)