Oblique view from W of New Buildings, including NW gable end
SC 755005
Description Oblique view from W of New Buildings, including NW gable end
Date 13/6/2002
Catalogue Number SC 755005
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 32549 CN
Scope and Content New Buildings, New Lanark, South Lanarkshire, from west This shows the six-bayed addition to the 13-bayed New Buildings which were built between 1798 and 1810. The four-storeyed addition is split into a pair of three-bayed blocks which each have a doorway in the central bay. The bellcote surmounts the central three bays of the main block and the Counting House is the rounded block in the far background. The New Buildings were originally built as homes for workers but, as Owen wanted to improve the morals of his workforce, he added halls on the upper floor. Religious services and Sunday schools were held in these halls until 1898 when a church was constructed. By 1903 the building contained flats, halls and a surgery. The block was restored after 1978. 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: E32549/CN
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