Claverhouse Bleachworks

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Claverhouse Bleachworks are a former bleaching plant in the Scottish city ​​of Dundee in the council area of the same name . In 1991 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

The industrial structure was probably built for Thomas Collier & Co. in the 1780s . It was in operation no later than 1792. Turnbull & Co. , founded in 1814, took over the facility and expanded it in the mid-1830s. Later owners also included the Baxter Brothers, who ran a textile mill in Dundee and set up Baxter Park in the 1860s . Several bleaching plants were built at the textile site in Dundee, of which the Claverhouse Bleachworks are considered the most successful. This is also attributed to the fact that they were located furthest upstream on Dighty Water and the other companies had to use the already polluted water from the Claverhouse Bleachworks. Until the middle of the 19th century it was the largest, later the second largest, bleaching plant in Dundee. The bleaching plant was in operation until the 1970s. The buildings were then used to produce kitchen furniture before they were finally restored and converted into living space.

description

The facility is divided into quarried stone buildings that were built in different decades. The preserved buildings stretch along the Heron Rise in northern Dundee. They are divided into wash houses, bleach houses and storage buildings. The manager villa is also on the premises. The approximately 37 m high chimney was built either in the late 1830s or 1840s. During these years new steam engines were installed in the Claverhouse Bleachworks. The brick structure rests on a quarry stone plinth .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Claverhouse Bleachworks  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Web links

Coordinates: 56 ° 29 '30.9 "  N , 2 ° 57' 46.1"  W.