Standing Building Recording

Date 13 December 2019

Event ID 1124624

Category Recording

Type Standing Building Recording

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1124624

NT 26263 76169 A historic building survey of a complex of former industrial buildings located at Nos 24 and 26–28 West Bowling Green Street, was carried out on 13 December 2019. The works have been completed as a condition of planning consent for the intended demolition of the buildings prior to the construction of new dwellings on the site.

Cartographic sources from the 18th century and early 19th century identify the development area to include the landscaped gardens of Hillhousefield House, which was later referred to as Tay House. By 1877, Bowling Green Street was constructed as part of the continuous industrial expansion of the area in the mid-late 19th century. The Tay Gas Engineering Works were built in 1876 and, by 1897, had also branched out into electrical machinery. Over the following decades, the layout of the buildings changed with removals, additions and extensions. Despite this, there is still evidence of their original or early openings in many of the buildings, although much of the complex consists of modern additions and rebuilds.

Archive: NRHE (intended)

Funder: MNM Developments

Diana Sproat, Lynn Fraser and Jamie Humble –

AOC Archaeology Group

(Source: DES Vol 21)

OASIS ID: aocarcha1-389229