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Peterhead, 26-32 Harbour Street, Warehouse
Warehouse (19th Century)
Site Name Peterhead, 26-32 Harbour Street, Warehouse
Classification Warehouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Union Street; Caledonian Ship Chandlers; Caledonian Ship Chandling Warehouse
Canmore ID 138426
Site Number NK14NW 161
NGR NK 13654 46031
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/138426
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Peterhead
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK14NW 161 1365 4603
This block of warehouses consists of a larger NE block dating from about 1805 and a range to the SE. The NE block comprises a 4-storeyed ashlar granite rectangular-plan block of 11 bays, with a centre door at all floors, and a curved corner corbelled to square at first-floor level. Other features include skewputs, coped skews and jerkin-head gable, and a pitched slate roof, hipped at its SW end. The SE section is a 3-storeyed rectangular granite block of five bays, with a steep slate roof, coped skews, and a curved corner into James Street.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO) 24 February 1998.
Standing Building Recording (1 April 2010 - 28 June 2010)
NK 13645 46028 A photographic record was made of 26–32 Harbour Street and 2–12 James Street between 1 April–28 June 2010 in advance of their proposed conversion to flats. It was not possible to accurately and fully record these buildings as they were in very poor condition, with 2–12 James Street a burnt-out shell. Large areas including almost all the Harbour Street ground floor were inaccessible. Boarded windows and low light levels made photography inside difficult. Further recording has been recommended when conditions allow.
Archive: Highland Archaeology Services Ltd
Funder: Fulmor Ltd
John Wood – Highland Archaeology Services Ltd
Photographic Survey (January 2011 - March 2012)
NK 1365 4603 An initial photographic record was made in 2010 of 26–32 Harbour Street and 2–12 James Street in advance of proposed conversion to flats (DES 2010, 27). The buildings were found to be in very poor condition, and large areas, including almost all the ground floor, were inaccessible. This report covers a follow-up visit made in January 2011 to record 26 Harbour Street following stripping-out, and another in March 2012 to record the burnt out interior of 2–12 James Street after it had been cleared of debris.
In Harbour Street the building interiors, formerly occupied by the chandlers, had been lined out, and modernised internally, with some stud partitions, and no original details were visible. Number 26 had been stripped out to a roofless shell with four walls standing but no floors or internal fittings.
When visited James Street comprised a roofless shell with the four walls standing but no floors or internal fittings. A door was found to lead through into the Harbour Street range. The NW corner of this has been walled off and forms part of those premises.
Archive: HAS. Report: Aberdeenshire Council HER
Funder: Ron Shanks Development Projects
Lynne McKeggie and John Wood, Highland Archaeology Services, 2013
(Source: DES)
