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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dundee, City Of
  • Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District City Of Dundee
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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

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