Greenock, 5-7 Clarence Street
Tobacco Warehouse (19th Century)
Site Name Greenock, 5-7 Clarence Street
Classification Tobacco Warehouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Former Tobacco Warehouse; 5, 6 And 7 Clarence Street
Canmore ID 201906
Site Number NS27NE 328
NGR NS 27719 76715
NGR Description Centred NS 27719 76715
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/201906
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Greenock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
Tobacco Bond, large 5-storey 10x6 bay block with quadruple-gabled front to Clarence Street. Built of red brick with contrasting yellow brick dressings. Ground floor has blocked/blind round-arched openings set in big rectangular panels, some (barred) segmental arched lights; bays divided above ground by giant pilaster strips, wide rectangular openings at 1st floor, segmental arched windows above; most original small-paned windows survive; decorative blocked eaves, oculus in each gable. Slated roofs. (Historic Scotland)
Note (3 May 2001)
Later 19th century. Tobacco Bond, large 5-storey 10x6 bay block with quadruple-gabled front to Clarence Street. Built of red brick with contrasting yellow brick dressings. Ground floor has blocked/blind round-arched openings set in big rectangular panels, some (barred) segmental arched lights; bays divided above ground by giant pilaster strips, wide rectangular openings at 1st floor, segmental arched windows above; most original small-paned windows survive; decorative blocked eaves, oculus in each gable. Slated roofs. Derived from HS Listed Buildings data.
Information provided by WoSAS (2013), compiled 03/05/01 (WoSASPIN 22720)
