Archaeology Notes

Event ID 702674

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/702674

NS56NE 157 5502 6641

Meadowside Granary, Castlebank St. The first part of this very large granary was built 1911-13 for the Clyde Navigation Trust, William Alston engineer (£130,000). The capacity of the first part is 31,000 tons, and it is 13 storeys high, 6 by 13 bays. The adjacent quay was built under an Act of 1907.

J R Hume 1974.

Along Castlebank Steet, there loom the Maedowside Granaries,, Partick's most dramatic structure by far, but which, sadly, closed in 1988. The first granary (of 13 bays and 13 storeys) was built in brick for the Clyde Navigation Trust in 1911-13 by the engineer William Alston. Extended E and W in 1936-7, creating a colossal 34-bay, 13-torey building.

In 1960 and 1967 two more granaries were built to the W for what was then the Clyde Port Authority.

E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.

This bulding has been demolished.

Information from RCAHMS (MKO), 14 December 2005.