Engineering Block/James Watt south

• Reference:GB 248 GUA BUL 6/24
• Dates of Creation:1947-1957
• Physical Description:
  1.39 to be confirmed linear metresdrawings

• Administrative / Biographical History

  After the Second World War, the University Grants Committee (UGC) approved an extension to the Engineering building. This replaced the original Chemistry laboratories which were modelled on the 'Abbot's Kitchen' at Glastonbury. It was completed in 1959.The architects were John Keppie, Henderson & JL Gleave, who added the 2-storey brick extension. The new facility was opened to staff and students in September 1958, and the building was inaugurated by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein on 4 November 1959.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  This series outsize and is stored seperately at 3:EQ32.