Dundee, North Lindsay Street, Ward Mills
Mill(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dundee, North Lindsay Street, Ward Mills
Classification Mill(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Barrack Street; South Ward Road; Willison Street; Don Bros; Buist & Co
Canmore ID 184713
Site Number NO43SW 294
NGR NO 4001 3025
NGR Description Centred NO 4001 3025
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/184713
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NMRS REFERENCE
Barrack Street, Ward Mills.
These Category B and C Listed mills were demolished in May 1964. Information from NMRS Demolitions catalogue.
Photographic Survey (May 1964)
Photographic survey of Ward Mills, Dundee in May 1964 by the Ministry of Works/Scottish National Buildings Record prior to demolition.
Publication Account (2013)
WARD MILLS / FRIARFIELD HOUSE
Don Brothers, Buist & Co offices, built in 1873, incorporated a works canteen and high level of renaissance architectural treatment, with curved
corner. Excavation has revealed the engine foundation and condenser of the 1820s Barrack Street Mill that preceded this building (NO33SW 163). Raw jute warehouses line the north side of South Ward Road (NO 39998 30297). The two spinning mills were demolished in 1964. Foundations of a large beam engine house (1885, one of the last built) show the bolts threaded through big ashlar blocks in its outer walls to Willison Street. The weaving factories were in Forfar (see M Watson, 2013, AN16-17), where
Don & Low PLC are still important in producing technical and non-woven textiles.
M Watson, 2013