Dundee, 62-63 Dock Street, Unicorn House
Hostel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dundee, 62-63 Dock Street, Unicorn House
Classification Hostel (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) 17 Candle Lane; Former Sailor's Home; Seamans Hostel
Canmore ID 186104
Site Number NO43SW 405
NGR NO 40656 30367
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/186104
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NO43SW 405.00 40656 30367
NO43SW 405.01 40640 30370 Chapel
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Dundee, 62 Dock Street, Sailor's Home.
Architect: David MacLaren & Ireland. c.1881.
Publication Account (2013)
This 1879-81 building is an eye-catcher from Victoria Dock. The names of great sailors are carved into the parapet. The cast- iron, sun-burst motif may be an echo of one at Liverpool sailor’s home. It could accommodate 80 sailors and had its own Chapel (gable in the lane behind).
Now renovated as housing, by Unicorn Properties. Nearby are ships’ chandlers and the offices of the Dundee Perth and London Shipping Co, also built in 1881.
M Watson, 2013
