1-8 Caithness Row
There are four residential buildings at 1-8 Caithness Row in the Scottish industrial estate of New Lanark in the Council Area South Lanarkshire . In 1971 they were included in the Scottish Monument Lists in the highest monument category A. The buildings are also part of the New Lanark World Heritage Site . The building row 9–16 Caithness Row extends directly next to it .
history
The buildings were constructed between 1792 and 1793. A historical entry explains the origin of the term "Caithness Row". Accordingly, in 1791 an emigrant ship stranded on the way to Maryland after a storm in Greenock . The then owner of the industrial mill recruited the emigrants from the Highlands and promised to provide apartments. As a result, the row of buildings was erected and named after the traditional county of Caithness , located in the Highlands . In the 1810s, a payment office was added as a conclusion, in which the weekly wages to be paid were stored in a safe. When the facility closed in 1968, the buildings were restored.
description
The row of buildings is in a raised position on the northeast edge of New Lanark. Four uniform, two-story apartment buildings are enclosed along the street. Since the buildings were built into the slope, they are three-story along the south-west exposed rear. Their masonry consists of quarry stone , with building openings with natural stone . The southern gable side is plastered with Harl . Each building is three axes wide, resulting in a twelve-axis front. Twelve-part lattice windows were installed. The final payment office emerges in a semicircle. It is three axes away. The final gable roofs or the half-conical roof of the payment office are covered with gray slate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on 1-8 Caithness Row in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 39 ′ 46.7 " N , 3 ° 46 ′ 47.1" W.