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Greenock, James Watt Dock, Garvel House

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House (18th Century)

Site Name Greenock, James Watt Dock, Garvel House

Classification House (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Garvel Park House; Greenock Harbour

Canmore ID 146078

Site Number NS27NE 59

NGR NS 29531 75854

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/146078

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Inverclyde
  • Parish Greenock
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Inverclyde
  • Former County Renfrewshire

Architecture Notes

NS27NE 59.00 29531 75854

The RCAHMS/TBS photo survey of Garvel House was taken in 1997 due to threat of demolition.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

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External Reference (9 May 2001)

Two-storey and basement, 5 window elevations with 3-bay pediments N. & S.; ashlar S. front, with Corinthian column doorpiece and urns, rubble side elevations, harled N. elevation with later bay window addition. 1777. Derived from Historic Scotland Listed Buildings data.

Information provided by WoSAS (2013), compiled 09/05/01 (WoSASPIN 22722)

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External Reference (22 December 2004)

Garvel House was demolished on 21/12/04, following a fire.

Gillen, V., McLean Museum, 22/12/04 - Information provided by WoSAS (2013)

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Desk Based Assessment (31 August 2017)

Connected with the Clyde 2

Garvel House was built in 1777 for merchant and banker Baillie James Gammell, and the house and estate are first depicted on Ainslie’s 1796 Map of the County of Renfrew. The house and estate were sold in the 1860s to the Greenock Harbour Trust with a view to extending dock facilities, with the Garvel dry dock (NS27NE 31.01), completed in 1871, built immediately to the north of the house. Surveyed by RCAHMS in 1997 (SC 847798), the house was used as offices for many years but was demolished in 2004 following a fire.

Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 31 August 2017.

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