Garlogie Village Hall
The Garlogie Village Hall is located in the Scottish village of Garlogie in the Council area Aberdeenshire . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
A textile mill has been in operation in Garlogie since the 18th century. In the first decades, the machinery was driven by a water wheel in a mill canal that was branched off from the Loch of Skene . Around 1830 a machine house with a water-powered balancing machine was built. In 1904 the company was stopped. From 1923 the machine was used to generate electricity for a nearby property. Excess electricity was fed into the grid until the 1960s. In 1931 part of the building was converted into a community hall by David Morris . In 1989 the building was expanded. In the mid-1990s, the Museum of Power was set up in the machine house. The remaining buildings of the former textile mill, which was almost the size of the factories in Dundee , were largely demolished.
description
The Garlogie Village Hall is on the eastern edge of the small settlement. Its wall is made of roughly hewn blocks quarried stone . In the dormer window one is Therme windows let in. At the rear, the engine house built from brick continues. It is designed with an elegant Doric column. The balancing machine has a 4.9 meter flywheel and a 6.1 meter long balancer .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Garlogie Village Hall in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Garlogie Village Hall in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 8 ′ 23.2 " N , 2 ° 21 ′ 41.1" W.