Publication Account
Date 1951
Event ID 713970
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/713970
NT27NE 85.00 26927 76263
At the W end of Giles Street is an oblong rubble-built block once known as the 'Blak-Volts' of the Logans of Coatfield and today as the 'Vouts'. In the 17th century it stood 3 storeys above ground but was subsequently raised in height. The vaults themselves are below the ground and comprise an extensive cellarage excavated in the natural sand. A central vaulted passage traverses the block, which is about 43ft wide, and on either side of this open two vaulted cellars each about 70ft long. This undercroft seems to have been in existence in 1587 and is therefore earlier than the superstructure, which dates from 1682. The building looks out on a courtyard in which there is a draw-well; a bottling shed on the opposite side of the courtyard has a skew-put dated 1689.
RCAHMS 1951.
