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Glasgow, 42 Bain Street, Tobacco Pipe Works

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Clay Tobacco Pipe Factory (19th Century)

Site Name Glasgow, 42 Bain Street, Tobacco Pipe Works

Classification Clay Tobacco Pipe Factory (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 71-99 Moncur Street; 15-25 Gibson Street; Clay Pipe Factory

Canmore ID 166844

Site Number NS66SW 403

NGR NS 60131 64666

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Glasgow, 26-42 Bain Street, Tobacco Pipe Works View from ESE showing detail on ESE front
Glasgow, 26-42 Bain Street, Tobacco Pipe Works View from ESE showing detail on ESE frontView from E of E elevation of block at 42 Bain Street (also showing 1877 date plaque in gable)View from SE showing the E and S sides of the block at 99 Moncur Street and 42 Bain StreetView from SE showing the E and S sides of the block at 99 Moncur Street and 42 Bain StreetGlasgow, 26-42 Bain Street, Clay Pipe Factory General view from SE showing ESE front and part of SSW frontGlasgow, 26-42 Bain Street, Clay Pipe Factory View from N showing WNW frontView from W showing SSW and part of WNW fronts with covered market in foregroundGeneral view from E showing the two blocks facing onto Bain StreetView from SW of block at 99 Moncur Street/42 Bain Street, showing the S and W sides of the buildingView from S, showing the two blocks at 71-73 and 99 Moncur StreetView from SE showing ESE frontView from SW of block at 99 Moncur Street/42 Bain Street, showing the S and W sides of the buildingView from S, showing the two blocks at 71-73 and 99 Moncur StreetGeneral view from SE showing the two blocks facing onto Bain StreetGeneral view from NE showing the two blocks facing onto Bain Street, with that at 26-28 Bain Street in the foregroundView from S, showing the two blocks at 71-73 and 99 Moncur StreetView from SE of block occupying 26-28 Bain Street, showing its E and S sidesGlasgow, 26-42 Bain Street, Tobacco Pipe Works View from ESE showing detail on ESE frontView from W along of the plainer block occupying 15-25 Gibson StreetView from SW of the the block occupying 15-25 Gibson Street (left) and 71-73 Moncur Street (right)View from SW of the the block occupying 15-25 Gibson Street (left) and 71-73 Moncur Street (right)View from SW of block at 99 Moncur Street/42 Bain Street, showing the S and W sides of the buildingGeneral view from NE showing the two blocks facing onto Bain Street, with that at 26-28 Bain Street in the foregroundView from SE of block occupying 26-28 Bain Street, showing its E and S sidesGlasgow, 26-42 Bain Street, Clay Pipe Factory View from SE showing part of ESE frontGeneral view from SE showing the two blocks facing onto Bain StreetView from SE of block occupying 26-28 Bain Street, showing its E and S sidesView from SE showing the E and S sides of the block at 99 Moncur Street and 42 Bain StreetGlasgow, 26-42 Bain Street, Clay Pipe Factory View of Bain Street frontage, from SEGlasgow, 26-42 Bain Street, Clay Pipe Factory View of Bain Street frontage, from EGlasgow, 26-42 Bain Street, Clay Pipe Factory View from SE showing part of SSW frontView from SE showing part of SSW frontView from SE showing ESE frontView from NE of the block occuping 71 Moncur Street and 21-25 Gibson StreetView from NE of the block occuping 71 Moncur Street and 21-25 Gibson StreetGeneral view from E showing the two blocks facing onto Bain StreetView from E of E elevation of block at 42 Bain Street (also showing 1877 date plaque in gable)View from W along of the plainer block occupying 15-25 Gibson StreetView from NE of the block occuping 71 Moncur Street and 21-25 Gibson Street

Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NS66SW 403.00 60131 64666

NS66SW 403.01 NS 60151 64669 North East Block, 26, 28 Bain Street

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Architecture Notes

A complex of polychrome-brick Renaissance-style buildings dating from 1877 and designed by M Forsyth of Airdrie for tobacco-pipe makers, W White & Sons, who had been in business in Gibson Street since 1824. (For more information, see Historic Scotland List Description: 33813)

At the time of survey in 2001, there was a threat of demolition to the block occupying 21-25 Gibson Street and 71-73 Moncur Street.

Information from RCAHMS (MKO), 2001.

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Photographic Survey (30 August 2024)

A photographic survey of the interior and exterior of this element of a former clay pipe factory was carried out to enhance the holdings of the National Record of the Historic Environment.

Information from Survey and Recording (Industrial), Heritage Directorate, HES (M McDonald), 30 August 2024.

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