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Standing Building Recording
Date 27 September 2010 - 5 October 2010
Event ID 968526
Category Recording
Type Standing Building Recording
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/968526
A programme of historic building recording and archaeological works was required as part of a condition on the planning consent for the demolition of the former tannery buildings at 3471 Lanark Road in the suburb of Currie, Edinburgh, known as Kinauld Tannery. These works were recommended by the City of Edinburgh Council Archaeology Service (CECAS) who advises the City of Edinburgh Council on archaeological matters. Kinauld Tannery started life in the early 19th century as a paper manufacturers, one of at least two along the Water of Leith in Currie and Balerno. It was abandoned in the late 19th century and lay empty for a time before a brief stint as a glue and gelatine manufacturers. It was purchased in 1913 by J Hewitt and Sons and was run as a tannery until 2010, when the company moved out of the premises. The buildings on the site are dominated by the large four-storey production shed to the west of the site and also have a number of ancillary stores and offices in the earliest parts of the mill to the east. A large brick-built drying shed has also been tacked onto the buildings to the south of the site lying adjacent to the Water of Leith. They are due to be demolished in early 2011.
Diana Sproat (AOC Archaeology Group) 2011. OASIS id: aocarcha1-90045
