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Nye Bevan House
Location within Glasgow council area
Former namesViceroy House
General information
StatusDemolished
Architectural style Modern style
Address20 India Street, Glasgow
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 55°51′50″N4°16′09″W / 55.8640°N 4.2693°W / 55.8640; -4.2693
Completed1974
Demolished2015
Client Strathclyde Regional Council
Design and construction
Architect(s)E.S. Boyer & Partners

Nye Bevan House, was a large office development located in the Blythswood Hill area of Glasgow, Scotland. It formed part of the complex of buildings known as Strathclyde House which collectively served as the offices and meeting place of Strathclyde Regional Council from when it was formed in 1975 until it was eventually abolished in 1996.

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History

India Street was previously occupied by a terrace of Georgian style houses which included a well-appointed hotel known as "More's Hotel", whose visitors included, in summer 1937, the American conductor and composer, George Szell. [1] India Street was substantially redeveloped in the early 1970s as part of a wider initiative to redevelop the Charing Cross area to make way for the M8 motorway. [2]

The building was designed by E. S. Boyer & Partners in the Modern style, built in dark brick and glass and was completed in 1974. [3] The design involved a main frontage facing India Street with another shorter wing extending eastwards along Elmbank Crescent. The main frontage was faced with alternating bands of dark brick and steel-framed windows and the building ranged in height up to nine storeys. [4] The building was initially called "Viceroy House". [5]

Strathclyde House

Main building of old High School (1846), became Strathclyde House 8. Glasgow Old High School statues - geograph.org.uk - 3401220.jpg
Main building of old High School (1846), became Strathclyde House 8.

Strathclyde Regional Council was created in 1975. The council initially rented offices called Melrose House at 19 Cadogan Street in Glasgow to act as an interim headquarters pending a decision being taken on a permanent headquarters. Various other offices around the centre of Glasgow were also used for additional office space, including Viceroy House and other modern buildings near it on India Street (the Glasgow City Chambers was not used by the regional administration and was instead the headquarters for the Glasgow district). In 1976, the nearby former Glasgow High School buildings on Elmbank Street were vacated. The council decided to convert the former school buildings to become its headquarters, using the nearby offices in India Street as additional accommodation. The remodelled school and offices were formally opened by Elizabeth II on 2 November 1979, when the whole complex was renamed "Strathclyde House". [6] [7]

Despite the singular name, Strathclyde House was in fact eleven main buildings, which were distinguished from each other as "Strathclyde House 1", "Strathclyde House 2" and so on:

BuildingLocationNotes
Strathclyde House 1Elmbank CrescentNorthern wing of Viceroy House, completed 1974. After 1996 became part of Nye Bevan House, demolished 2015.
Strathclyde House 220 India StreetMain part of Viceroy House, completed 1974. After 1996 became part of Nye Bevan House, demolished 2015.
Strathclyde House 36 India StreetSubsequently demolished to make was for the Scottish Power building.
Strathclyde House 41–3 India StreetAlso called Clive House. [8] Subsequently demolished to make way for the Scottish Power building.
Strathclyde House 5High School site, 71–83 Holland Street (on corner with Bath Lane)Dining room of the old High School, built 1897 to designs of J. L. Cowan. Was converted to become the council chamber. [9]
Strathclyde House 6High School site, 94 Elmbank StreetFormer science block of High School, built 1931/2 to designs of John Watson.
Strathclyde House 7High School site, 94 Elmbank StreetNorthern extension (1887) to main school building.
Strathclyde House 8High School site, 94 Elmbank StreetMain building of school, built 1846 to designs of Charles Wilson.
Strathclyde House 9High School site, 94 Elmbank StreetSouthern extension (1897) to main school building, contained the gymnasium.
Strathclyde House 10High School site, 94 Elmbank StreetModern building at south-east corner of school site facing Holland Street.
Strathclyde House 11314–320 St Vincent StreetSubsequently demolished to make way for the Scottish Power building.

Blocks 5 to 9 at the old school site are all Category A listed buildings. [10] The council also had other offices nearby, including Dalian House, on the corner of St Vincent Street and North Street. [11]

Following the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Strathclyde Regional Council was abolished in 1996. [12] Blocks 3, 4 and 11 were all sold soon after the council's abolition for redevelopment. [13] Blocks 1 and 2 were together renamed Nye Bevan House to recall the life of the Labour Party politician, Nye Bevan. That building was eventually demolished in 2015. [14] [15] [16]

Blocks 5 to 10 at the old High School site were used by Glasgow City Council after 1996 as additional office space. [17] The council chamber there was briefly used in 2000 by the Scottish Parliament, with its new permanent home at Holyrood under construction and the temporary buildings in Edinburgh booked out. [18] Glasgow City Council sold the old High School buildings in 2010 but a new use has yet to be found for them. [19]

Future Developments

The former footprint of Nye Bevan House still remained empty as of 2024, whilst neighbouring Portcullis House had been purchased by Watkin Jones Group in October 2020 for an undisclosed sum, [20] for the eventual construction of The Ard, a 36 storey student accommodation tower. [21]

In April 2024, a planning application was submitted to Glasgow City Council for a 16-storey residential tower to be constructed on the former site of Nye Bevan House. [22]

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