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Glasgow, 42 Bain Street, Tobacco Pipe Works
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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/166844
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66SW 403.00 60131 64666
NS66SW 403.01 NS 60151 64669 North East Block, 26, 28 Bain Street
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.
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.
