Campbeltown, Saddell Street, Former Benmore Distillery
Bonded Warehouse (19th Century) (1868), Distillery (19th Century), Garage (Modern), Kiln (19th Century)
Site Name Campbeltown, Saddell Street, Former Benmore Distillery
Classification Bonded Warehouse (19th Century) (1868), Distillery (19th Century), Garage (Modern), Kiln (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Benmhor Distillery; West Coast Motors
Canmore ID 144677
Site Number NR72SW 156
NGR NR 71877 20981
NGR Description Centred NR 71877 20981
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/144677
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Campbeltown
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR72SW 156.00 centred 71877 20981
Depot [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.
NR72SW 156.01 NR 71928 20959 Office
NR72SW 156.02 NR 71917 20951 Bonded Warehouse
NR72SW 156.03 NR 71900 20993 Cooperage
(Location cited as NR 718 210). Benmhor Distyllery, Saddell Street, founded c 1870 by Bulloch, Lade and Co. An interesting complex, with 3-storey, 4-bay and 2-storey, 3-bay, rubble-front blocks, with an elliptical-shaped entry.
At the rear are 3-storey rubble malt barns, with a large brick pyramidal-roofed kiln, and various 2-storey, brick and rubble blocks, linked to the malt kilns by a covered wooden bridge.
Now a bus depot.
J R Hume 1977.
