View from W of the S end of Nursery Buildings (formerly 215-233) New Lanark Road)

Description View from W of the S end of Nursery Buildings (formerly 215-233) New Lanark Road)

Date 12/6/2002

Catalogue Number SC 754951

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of E 32496 CN

Scope and Content Nos 1-11 Nursery Buildings, New Lanark, South Lanarkshire, from west This shows the Nursery Buildings which were built in 1809 with one bay of the New Buildings on the left. The central bay of the four-storeyed section has an arched doorway with a fanlight and the three-storeyed block to the right has a series of bowed windows between each door. The building had bowed windows in the 19th century but these were replaced with the larger paned windows in the early 20th century. These four-storeyed blocks were originally built as homes for pauper apprentices but were converted to family homes after only a few years. The three-storeyed block contained the village shop, started by Owen, which was an early cooperative as the profits made were used to help maintain the village. The Lanark Provident Co-operative Society took over the running of the store in 1933 which eventually closed in 1990. The shop reopened in 1992 with period-style fitments and a display relating to the cooperative movement. New Lanark was founded c.1785 by David Dale (1739-1806), a Glasgow merchant, and Richard Arkwright (1732-92), inventor of a water-frame for cotton spinning. Powered by water flowing from the Falls of Clyde the first cotton mill opened in 1786 and by 1799 the complex was the largest of its kind in Scotland. Robert Owen (1771-1858), who was married to David Dale's daughter, was one of a group who bought the mills in 1800. He transformed them into a model industrial community with good working conditions, houses, a non-profit store, a school and an institute for workers. Owen's partners bought the mills in 1828 and operated them until 1881 when another partnership took over. The Gourock Ropework Company ran the site until 1968 which is now mainly under the care of the New Lanark Conservation Trust (founded 1974-5). New Lanark was designated a World Heritage Site in 2001. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference Original: E32496/CN

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