Red Court
Red Court is a villa 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. Furthermore, the villa, together with the associated lodge and the wash house, form a category A monument ensemble.
history
Red Court is one of the mansions of industrialists working in Dundee that emerged in the 19th century in the formerly independent communities that now form the eastern part of Dundee. William Gordon Thomson , owner of the Douglas Foundry , had Red Court built for his son Alexander Gordon Thomson in 1886 . Thomson entrusted the Scottish architect Hippolyte Blanc with the planning . In 1920 a billiard room was added based on a design by William Gauldie and Robert Hardie . In 1989 the descendants of William Thomson lived in the villa.
description
Red Court is at the junction of Strathern Road and Fairfield Road in eastern Dundee. With Beachtower and Aystree there are two further listed industrial villas in the area. The asymmetrically constructed two-story villa is designed in the neo-renaissance style. Your walls are made of rough-hewn, ashlar sandstone from Dumfries , the original home of the family. Individual elements are plastered with Harl . The windows are usually made with stone pillars. The complex, steeply sloping roof with hips is covered with greenish slate. The interior has largely been preserved in its original state.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Red Court in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 28 '18.3 " N , 2 ° 54' 6.6" W.