Salt Pan Houses
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The Salt Pan Houses (German: "Salzpfannenhäuser") are two buildings that belong together in the Scottish town of Prestwick in the Council Area South Ayrshire . In 1989 they were included in the Scottish List of Monuments in the highest category A.
history
The salt extraction from seawater was operated in Prestwick for centuries. There is an entry about a salt pan house in the city records of 1480. The buildings belong to the former company Maryburgh Salt Works , which was involved in salt production. Notes on the construction of the buildings are preserved in the city files from 1763 and 1765. According to the name, the building should have housed the boiling pans required for salt extraction from seawater . Although the inventory is incomplete, the facility is described as the best preserved salt works on the west coast.
description
The buildings are located on the western edge of Prestwick directly on the coast of the Firth of Clyde on the grounds of the St Nicholas Golf Club . The two elongated buildings are aligned parallel and connected by a curtain wall that was formerly designed with a passage. Possibly this wall is more recent. The simple, two-story houses are made of quarry stone , some of which is plastered with Harl . Large rectangular openings are let into the south sides. On the outside, staircases lead parallel to the outer wall to the entrances. The buildings close with slate roofs . There are indications that the roofs were originally thatched .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Salt Pan Houses in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 29 ′ 26 " N , 4 ° 37 ′ 24" W.