Municipal Buildings Extension
With a 'two-storey curtain of spiritless geometry' according to John Gifford and Frank Arneil Walker's Buildings of Scotland: Stirling... A tiny bit harsh, I think.
There appears to be some confusion about the architect of this extension. The listed building report cites "later extensions, Walter Gillespie of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia". Walter Gillespie wasn't the 'Gillespie' of GK&C - he was the burgh architect of Stirling Council. What seems to have caused the confusion is that GK&C were indeed involved in proposals of the late '30s that were abandoned with the outbreak of war. Their 'Gillespie' however, was John Gaff Gillespie of their predecessor practice, Salmon, Son & Gillespie who won the competition for the first building in 1908.
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Municipal Buildings Extension
With a 'two-storey curtain of spiritless geometry' according to John Gifford and Frank Arneil Walker's Buildings of Scotland: Stirling... A tiny bit harsh, I think.
There appears to be some confusion about the architect of this extension. The listed building report cites "later extensions, Walter Gillespie of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia". Walter Gillespie wasn't the 'Gillespie' of GK&C - he was the burgh architect of Stirling Council. What seems to have caused the confusion is that GK&C were indeed involved in proposals of the late '30s that were abandoned with the outbreak of war. Their 'Gillespie' however, was John Gaff Gillespie of their predecessor practice, Salmon, Son & Gillespie who won the competition for the first building in 1908.
data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0:::...