Waterside Engine House

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The Waterside Engine House is an industrial building in the Scottish town of Waterside in the East Ayrshire council area . In 1982 the building was first included in the Scottish monument lists in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1995. When the former steelworks were classified as a Scheduled Monument , the building is explicitly excluded.

history

The Waterside Engine House was part of a smelting plant that operated under different names over the years including Waterside Ironworks , Dalmellington Ironworks, and Houldsworth Ironworks . The operation of the plant extended from 1847 to the closure in 1976. The Waterside Engine House dates from 1847 and is one of the oldest structures on the site. In 1865, it was expanded, roughly doubling its area. In the course of its use it was redesigned several times.

description

The early Victorian engine house stands in the middle of the partially preserved steelworks off the A713 on the eastern edge of Waterside. It is designed in the Italianate style and made of ashlar stones. Flat triangular gables crown the two entrance doors on the west side. On the side façades, high arched windows are arranged in pairs on the outside, some of which have been closed with masonry in the meantime. Corbels support a circumferential eaves . The building closes with a platform roof .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Entry on Waterside Engine House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

Coordinates: 55 ° 20 ′ 41.1 ″  N , 4 ° 27 ′ 31.6 ″  W.