25-27 Trades Lane

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A warehouse is located at 25-27 Trades Lane in the Scottish city ​​of Dundee in the council area of the same name . In 1989 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

There was a previous structure at the site. This fell victim to what is believed to be the most serious fire disaster in the history of the city of Dundee in 1906, with a total damage of around £ 400,000. The fact that only a steel-reinforced concrete fragment of the previous structure survived the fire prompted the clients to use the Hennebique system for the new building . Probably at the same time, Yorkshire Hennebique Contracting was busy building a quay in the city.

Johnston & Baxter , which stored whiskey there for the production of blends , was the owner of the in- ground storage facility built in 1907 . Parts of the building were designated as customs warehouses . The western part of the camp was used by John Robertson . In 1981 the dazzling was discontinued and the bonded warehouse was closed in 1987.

description

The four- to five-story building is located at the confluence of Trades Lane and Seagate Street near the harbor. The facades of the reinforced concrete structure are clad with red brick . Along Seagate and the rear Candle Lane , the western bonded warehouse is designed with triplet windows that are arranged in high, arched recesses. The uppermost windows on each axis are designed as thermal bath windows . It protrudes a pseudo-reinforced battlements cornices on consoles from. The final roof is covered with slate.

The main facade of the north store along Seagate is seven axes wide. Elongated arched windows are let into the ground floor. The central main portal once also closed with an arch, which however fell victim to an expansion in the meantime. Banded pilasters flank the central axis, which closes with a broken triangular gable with a tooth cut . The other windows close with flat segment arcs . The long facade along Trades Lane is analogous, but more simple.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 56 ° 27 '46 "  N , 2 ° 57' 57.9"  W.