Archaeology Notes

Event ID 702576

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS56NE 82 5795 6503

Anderston Cotton Work, 93 Cheapside Street, built c. 1804-6 for Henry Houldsworth, and extended southwards between 1854 and 1864. In use as a bonded warehouse 1878-1964, when part of the older portion collapsed. A six-storey and attic red-brick building with five-storey pilasters between the bays. The older part (14 bays) had two rows of cast-iron columns supporting cast-iron beams and brick arches. There were unusual cast-iron roof trusses, originally supported by pairs of columns; when the roof was raised, these were replaced by a central row of columns with cantilevered beams. The more modern part (13 bays) had three rows of cast-iron columns, of large diameter at ground-floor level and diminishing upwards. The roof trusses in this portion were of the normal timber type. Demolished 1969.

J R Hume 1974.