![]() | M182 Daily Record buildingAddress: 20, Renfield Lane, Glasgow G2 6PHDate: 1900–1; 1903–4 Client: Daily Record proprietors Authorship: ![]() |
- 1895
- The Daily
Record is first published by the Harmsworth brothers, later Lords
Northcliffe and Rothermere, alongside the North British Daily Mail. The
company has Glasgow premises at Union Street, Melville Lane and Frederick Lane.
The printing works are located at the latter address. 1
- 1900
- 3 May: Building
application submitted to Glasgow Dean of Guild Court. The case is continued until 17 May
while further information is collected.
2
17 May: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court approves the work. 3
6 and 15 June: Contractor tenders accepted. 4
12 June: Work begins on site. 5
- 1901
- 27
May: The Daily Record reports that all departments of the newspaper have
moved into the new building. The newspaper has been printed there since the
previous week. 6
30 May: The lower floors of the building are complete and occupied. The third, fourth and fifth floors on W. remain incomplete. 7
10 June: North British Daily Mail and the Daily Record are amalgamated.
- 1902
- 31 March: Daily Record and Mail first
published.
- 1903
- 29 October: Motion 'to extend
time for lining granted by the Court on 17th May 1900' passed by Glasgow Dean
of Guild Court. 8
12 November: Work on third, fourth and fifth floors in progress. 9
- 1904
- 11 May: Completion of
interiors on third, fourth and fifth floors. 10
- 1906
- 5 March: Final
inspection. 11
- 1908
- Glasgow Weekly Mail is launched. It is soon known
as the Weekly Record and Mail. 12
- 1911–12
- Internal alterations
and decoration completed by original contractors.
- 1914
-
Sunday Weekly Mail launched. From 1919 it is known as
the Sunday Mail. 13
- 1919–21
- 25 June: Purchase of neighbouring building
belonging to the Scottish Temperance League. Minor internal alterations to
Daily Record building by Keppie Henderson. 14
- Late 1920s
- Acquisition of the
Evening News by Associated Scottish Newspapers Ltd to which the Daily
Record belonged. The company took on the Evening News premises in
Hope Street. 15
- 1937
- Extensive external and internal alterations by John
Burnet, Son & Dick to transform the building into a clothing warehouse for
R. W. Forsyth. 16
- 1984–6
-
Acquired by Scottish Mutual Assurance Society. Addition of bridge at
second-floor height linking to headquarters building at 109 St Vincent Street
and alterations to interior to accommodate an electricity board transformer,
back-up computing equipment, storage and offices. Remedial work and exterior
cleaning carried out in consultation with the Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Society. 17
- 1993
-
July: Minor alterations to reorganise second-floor spaces for Scottish
Mutual Assurance Society.
18
- 2005–7
- Renovation and interior alterations by property
developer Stelmain. Café-bar and music venue, Stereo, opens in ground
floor and basement in November 2007. By 2011 the first and second floors are
let as serviced offices. 19
Notes:
1: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: 'A History of the Company and its Newspapers', supplied by Mr Rice, chief librarian at the Daily Record in 1991, p. 1.
2: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court proceedings, D-OPW 19/17, p. 163.
3: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court proceedings, D-OPW 19/17, p. 163.
4: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie / Honeyman Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53061, pp. 221, 223, 225.
5: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/2, p. 44.
6: Daily Record, 27 May 1901, p. 3.
7: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/2, p. 44.
8: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Dean of Guild Court proceedings, D-OPW 19/20, p. 68.
9: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/2, p. 44.
10: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/2, p. 44.
11: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/2, p. 44.
12: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: 'A History of the Company and its Newspapers', supplied by Mr Rice, chief librarian at the Daily Record in 1991, p. 1.
13: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: 'A History of the Company and its Newspapers' supplied by Mr Rice, chief librarian at the Daily Record in 1991, p. 1.
14: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53063, p. 62. The purchase of the building is noted in this job book. Details of tenders and payments for the alterations continue to p. 66 where a note reads 'transferred to new book, page 5', The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Keppie Henderson job book, GLAHA 53064. Payments were made to contractors during 1920 and 1921.
15: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: 'A History of the Company and its Newspapers', supplied by Mr Rice, chief librarian at the Daily Record in 1991, p. 1.
16: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court plans, B4/12/1937/440.
17: Colin Smith, 'Hi-Tech Refurb', Chartered Quantity Surveyor Journal, 7, May 1985, pp. 391–2; 'Record Renewed', Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society Newsletter, 39, Winter 1984–5, p. 3.
18: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow District Council building control warrant drawings, GDC12/3/46/93/2219.
19: www.stereocafebar.com [accessed 3 May 2011].