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Dundee, 138-140 Seagate, Magnum House
Warehouse (20th Century)
Site Name Dundee, 138-140 Seagate, Magnum House
Classification Warehouse (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) S.c.w.s Building
Canmore ID 186135
Site Number NO43SW 408
NGR NO 40630 30629
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/186135
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: McCulloch & Jamieson 1904
J. Davidson, Glasgow 1909 (alterations)
C. S Armour 1934 (alterations)
Publication Account (2013)
The Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) premises concentrated around Seagate, and the main reminder is a block built in 1934 by Co-op architect Cornelius Armour. Note the Crittall windows and galley prow. Converted to flats in 1992. Other SCWS warehouses nearby include a single-storey range bearing a clock, 1914. A sugar refinery (c.1790-1820) on both sides of Seagate is recalled by Sugarhouse Wynd, and there was a brief attempt to operate a glassworks near here (the glass cone is represented in the Dundee penny, 1799).
M Watson, 2013
