Pilmuir Works
The Pilmuir Works was a textile company in the Scottish town of Dunfermline in the Council Area Fife . Its headquarters on Pilmuir Street was listed as an individual monument in the Scottish List of Monuments in 1993 in the highest monument category A.
history
Production on the site probably began in 1847 when a Mr. Scott bought and expanded a building that had been built in 1816. There he set up Dunfermlines' first steam-powered weaving mill . Just two years later, Scott's company had to file for bankruptcy. Andrew and Henry Reid bought the business and continued to run the business. In 1860, 200 looms were already in operation at the site. In the same year, Henry Scott left the company and founded his own company, Abbey Gardens Works . Most of the buildings that are preserved today date from the last two decades of the 19th century. With the massive expansions, around 700 looms could be operated by 1913.
After a fire devastated the Caldeonia Works of Hay & Robertson in 1926, they acquired the Pilmuir Works as a replacement. Dunlop bought the Pilmuir Works in 1947 to use the weaving mill to produce the fabrics used to make tires. In 1999 the Pilmuir Works was the last weaving mill in Dunfermline and the oldest still producing mill in Scotland. Production at the site was discontinued around 2005. The vacant buildings were placed on the Scotland List of Listed Buildings at Risk in 2009. In 2014, their condition was classified as very poor and at the same time high risk.
description
The Pilmuir Works occupy a large area along Pilmuir Street ( A823 ) north of central Dunfermlin. The long facade of the main building along Pilmuir Street is 28 axes wide, which are arranged in the scheme 6–7–2–7–6. It is designed in the historicizing Italianate style . Corner and central projections emerge flat from the facade. On the ground floor and first floor of the three-story building, the windows close with flat segment arches . The windows on the second floor, however, are simply crowned . Simple cornices divide the facade horizontally. The entrance area on the central risalit is ornamented in more detail.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry on Pilmuir Works in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 56 ° 4 ′ 28.1 " N , 3 ° 27 ′ 43.3" W.