Exchange Coffee House
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The Exchange Coffee House is a commercial building in the Scottish city of Dundee in the council area of the same name . In 1965 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The building was erected in 1828 as a meeting place, coffee house and merchant's library with a reading room. The cost of construction was £ 9,000. The ground floor was intended as retail space. Negotiations to set up the customs office in the area did not go well. Between 1877 and 1888, the Exchange Coffee House was used as a music hall. Then until 1910 it served as a municipal meeting room before the local Masonic Lodge used the building until 1923. The David Winter and Son printing house was established there between 1926 and 1992 . The following year, the City of Dundee acquired the Exchange Coffee House.
description
The Exchange Coffee House is located at the junction of Castle Street and Dock Street on the south edge of Dundee city center. The two-story building is designed in a classical style. A small portico with Doric columns emerges in the center of the main facade of the sandstone building , which is exposed to the west . Flat shop window elements are embedded in the flanking area. The pilastrated upper floor is designed with Ionic columns. Belt and cornices structure the facade horizontally. Cornices crown the three south-facing windows along Dock Street. The ten-axis-wide facade along Exchange Street is more simply designed. Shops with shop windows are lined up on the ground floor. On the left, an arched passage leads to the inner courtyard.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Exchange Coffee House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 56 ° 27 '36.6 " N , 2 ° 58' 2.3" W.