East Wing, Harris Building, Geddes Quadrangle, University Of Dundee, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 February 1965. University building. 1 related planning application.
East Wing, Harris Building, Geddes Quadrangle, University Of Dundee, Dundee
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-cellar-oak
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dundee City
- Constituency
- Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1965
- Type
- University building
- OS grid reference
- NO 396 299
- Coordinates
- 56.45763, -2.98008
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The East Wing of the Harris Building, located in Geddes Quadrangle at the University of Dundee, was designed by Rowand Anderson and Paul in the early 20th century. It is a two-storey engineering laboratory with a rectangular plan. The ground floor is finished in cream ashlar, while the first floor features red ashlar. The building has a grey slate platform roof and includes a band course and rusticated quoins on the first floor. The ground floor has Diocletian windows, and the first floor is adorned with margined six-pane sash and case windows arranged in groups of three. The cast-iron rainwater goods have moulded hoppers.
A later block connects to the main structure and is two storeys tall, though it is lower than the main block. This addition features first-floor dormerheads that break through the eaves, is finished in cream ashlar, and has a piended grey slate roof. It includes eight and twelve-pane sash and case windows, as well as one sixteen-pane casement.
On the front elevation, the main block is situated to the right, showcasing three Diocletian windows on the ground floor with multi-pane glazing, and three groups of three windows on the first floor. There is also a nine-light continuous glazed rooflight and a modern ventilator. The later block to the left has a single-storey segmental bay at the left re-entrant angle with three windows, a single window on the main elevation to the right, and two windows on the first floor with shaped dormerheads.
The interior of the building has been modernised, with few original features remaining.
Local climate
East Wing, Harris Building, Geddes Quadrangle, University Of Dundee, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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