Monument record MHG16056 - Warehouse, Station Road, Dingwall

Summary

Late C19 warehouse for the former Ben Wyvis Distillery.

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 5520 5817 (30m by 90m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH55NE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DINGWALL

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1879, substantial 2-storey over raised basement, 16-bay in stepped sections warehouse. Rubble, tooled rubble dresings. W 2-storey elevation abuts road, E (3 storeys) fronts railway line. 5 doors in W elevation, regular raised ground and 1st floor loft doors in E front; regular fenestration in both long elevations and gables with some windows blocked. End stacks; stepped slate roof.
Former bonded warehouses to now ruinous Ben Wyvis Distillery. <1>

Hume's description gives a different number of bays to <1>, although he is clearly referring to the same buildings. <2>

Photographs taken in support of a planning application for a new sun lounge by the owner of flat 1 at the southern end of the building, in Jan 2007. <3>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Dataset: Historic Scotland. Information Supplementary to the Statutory List (This information has no legal significance). Digital. HB Number 24515.
  • <2> Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 286.
  • <3> Image/Photograph(s): Murray, M. 01/2007. Photographs of 1 Cambrai House. Colour. . Digital.

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Record last edited

May 21 2013 12:36PM

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