Souter's shop
Souter's Shop is a former shoemaker's workshop in the Scottish village of Ballogie in the Council Area of Aberdeenshire . In 2000, the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. Together with the adjacent Muir Croft residential building , it also forms a category B monument ensemble.
history
In Scotland, shoemakers worked and traded mainly in small workshops until the end of the 19th century. In the 1871 census survey, 3266 shoemaker workshops were counted in Scotland. The present workshop was built in 1897 by James Merchant , who lived in the adjacent house. Merchant ran the workshop until his death in 1941. Later the workshop was used as a warehouse. With the death of his daughter in 1999, the completeness of the facility was discovered and the building was listed as a historical monument the following year. It is considered to be the most fully preserved turn-of-the-century cobbler's workshop in Scotland. A similar but older building is Souter Johnnie's Cottage in Kirkoswald in South Ayrshire .
description
Souter's shop is on the B976 on the eastern edge of the scattered settlement Ballogie. It is a simple, one-story wooden house with an elongated floor plan, which rests on a foundation of roughly hewn granite . The simple wooden door on the northwest side closes with a combat window . A window is set next to it. On the rear facade there are two more windows and a large, nine-part lattice window on the southwest gable side. The building closes with a corrugated sheet metal roof . A first brick chimney rises from the northeast gable and leads to the iron stove inside. The interior is divided into two rooms, a workshop and a sales room.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry for Souter's Shop in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 57 ° 3 ′ 19.3 " N , 2 ° 41 ′ 57" W.