Dundee, 2 Lochee Road, Tay Works
Mill (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dundee, 2 Lochee Road, Tay Works
Classification Mill (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tay Street Mills; North Tay Street; West Marketgait; Brown Street; Gilroys
Canmore ID 31970
Site Number NO33SE 63
NGR NO 39768 30432
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31970
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
NO33SE 63 39768 30432
(Location cited as NO 398 304). Tay Works (jute), Lochee Road, built 1865 and later. A three-storey and attic, 23-bay ashlar building with a pediment over the 11th to 15th bays, which also have round-headed openings. Adjacent to the north is a long four-storey and attic range with a central pediment.
J R Hume 1977.
Photographic Survey (27 April 2010)
Photographed by RCAHMS on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland Trust.
Publication Account (2013)
TAY WORKS (GILROY’S)
These long and perfectly proportioned neo-classical ranges for jute spinning and carpet weaving were built in 1851-65 by reconstructing earlier
mills.A giant pediment incorporates the initials G R & A Gilroy and the higher pediment sported a statue of Minerva. Behind this is a gothic cast iron roof, while the rest of the roofs are of wrought-iron ties. They are now Student Residences.
M Watson, 2013