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Dundee, City Square, Caird Hall

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Hall (20th Century)

Site Name Dundee, City Square, Caird Hall

Classification Hall (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 1-7 Shore Terrace

Canmore ID 174801

Site Number NO43SW 194

NGR NO 40420 30190

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/174801

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Oblique aerial view centred on the Caird Hall, taken from the WNW.
Oblique aerial view centred on the Caird Hall, taken from the WNW.Oblique aerial view centred on the Caird Hall, taken from the S.General oblique aerial view of the City Square area, centred on the Caird Hall taken from the NNW.Interior. Ground floor. Ashton Hall from north west.Interior. Ground floor. Marryat Hall. Detail of light fitting and ceiling rose.Interior. 1st floor. Organ loft showing bellows.Interior. 1st floor. Organ loft showing bellows and connecting pipes.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view centred on the Caird Hall, taken from the SE.Oblique aerial view centred on the Caird Hall, taken from the ENE.Interior. Auditorium, balcony, door and surround.Interior. Auditorium, balcony, detail of overdoor pediment.Interior. Auditorium ceiling showing plasterwork.Interior. Auditorium, detail of decoration on balcony front.Interior. Auditorium, balcony, view of organ at east end.Interior. Ground floor. Entrance foyer from north west.Interior. Ground floor. Marryat Hall. Detail of column capital with ceiling decoration above.Interior. Ground floor. Marryat Hall. View of column.Interior. Ground floor. Artists lounge from north east.Oblique aerial view.General oblique aerial view of the City Square area, centred on the Caird Hall taken from the E.Interior. Auditorium balcony to south east.Interior. 1st floor/Balcony level. Craigie Hall from south.Interior. Ground floor. Dressing room 3 from north west.Interior. Ground floor. Entrance foyer, detail of ceiling light.Interior. Ground floor. Entrance foyer, detail of rooflight.Interior. Ground floor. Marryat Hall. Detail of plaster work on ceiling beam.Interior. Ground floor. Marryat Hall. Detail of column capital.Interior. Ground floor, S corridor, W staircase, view from NEInterior. Ground floor. South corridor. West staircase, detail of balustrade.Interior. 1st floor. Organ loft, detail of wooden organ pipes.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view centred on the Caird Hall, taken from the WSW.General oblique aerial view of the City Square area, centred on the Caird Hall taken from the NW.Interior. Ground floor. West staircase from south west.Interior. Ground floor. Entrance foyer, Sir James K. Caird memorial from north.Interior. Ground floor. Entrance foyer, detail of pilaster capital.Interior. Ground floor. South corridor from west.Interior. 1st floor. Organ loft upper level, detail of smaller organ pipes.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.General oblique aerial view of the City Square area, centred on the Caird Hall taken from the SE.General oblique aerial view of the city centre area, centred on the St. Paul's Cathedral taken from the NE.Interior. Ground floor. Dressing room 1 from north west.Interior. 1st floor. Dressing room 4 from north west with make-up mirror lights off.Distant view of Tayside House and the Caird Hall taken from E, adjacent to Tay Road Bridge sliproadOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Dundee, City Square, Caird Hall. View from N-N-W.Dundee, 3-8 City Square. General view from West also showing part of the Caird Hall..Interior. Ground floor. West staircase, detail of balustrade.Interior. Ground floor. Entrance foyer, detail of Sir James K. Caird memorial from north..Interior. Ground floor. Marryat Hall. View of pilaster.Interior. Ground floor. Artists lounge from south west.Interior. 1st floor. Organ loft showing bellows and wooden organ pipes.Interior view of Caird Hall, Dundee. 1st floor. Organ loft upper level, detail of small organ pipes.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.General oblique aerial view of the City Square area, centred on the Caird Hall taken from the NNE.Dundee, general view, showing Victoria Royal Arch and Caird Hall. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.Interior. Auditorium, balcony, organ at east end.Interior. Ground floor. Entrance foyer, east box office from north west.Interior. Ground floor. Entrance foyer from south east.Interior. 1st floor. Organ loft upper level, detail of smaller organ pipes.Distant view of Tayside House and the Caird Hall, taken from EOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Dundee, 3-8 City Square. General view from West also showing part of the Caird Hall.General oblique aerial view of the city centre area, centred on the St. Paul's Cathedral taken from the SE.Interior. Auditorium, balcony from north east.Interior. Auditorium from balcony to west.Interior. Auditorium, door and decoration on front of balcony from south.Interior. Ground floor. Marryat Hall. View from north east with mirror curtains open.Interior. Ground floor. Marryat Hall. View fromnorth east with mirror curtains closed.Interior. Ground floor. Marryat Hall. View of doorway with decorative plasterwork.Interior. Ground floor. South corridor. View of door and surround leading to auditorium.Interior. 1st floor. Dressing room 4 from north west with make-up mirror lights on.Interior. 1st floor. Organ loft upper level, detail of smaller organ pipes.Oblique aerial view of Dock Street and the Caird Hall, looking NW.Oblique aerial view.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Dundee, City Of
  • Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District City Of Dundee
  • Former County Angus

Listed Buildings Area Survey

Listed Buildings Area Survey

Designed by the Dundee City Architect, James Thomson. The foundation stone was laid by King George V and Queen Mary in 1914, though not completed until 1923 due to the outbreak of World War I.

The building is a large modern, classical design construted using a reinforced concete frame, with 10 double height Doric columns facing onto the City Square.

Built on the site of the earlier C18 Town House and funded by a large doantion by Sir James Caird, who had made a fortune in the jute industry.

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NMRS REFERENCE

Dundee, City Square, Caird Hall.

ARCHITECT: James Thomson 1914-22

Vernon Constable 1919 also worked on it.

NMRS Library:

Newspaper cutting.

The Dundee Advertiser, 10.12.1915.

- Filed D5/AN (P). Unable to locate at time of upgrade, 30.7.2001.

EXTERNAL REFERENCE

Scottish Records Office; Dundee District Council Archives and Records Centre.

38/1-4 Architectural perspectives of designs for proposed Caird Hall and municipal buildings at Shore Terrace and Crichton Street, c. 1914

ink and watercolour on paper

52" x 30"

40" x 22"

38" x 24"

39" x 20"

(4 perspective drawings)

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Photographic Survey (30 January 2012)

Listed Buildings Area Survey

Photographed for the Listed Building Area Survey.

Information from RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.

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External Reference

Teeth and unspecified remains in the foundations of the Caird Hall. Also non-human skeletal remains and teeth and 4 oyster shells. Probably associated with St Clement's Kirk.

Information from Stevenson and Torrie

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