Dundee, Guthrie Street, West Ward Works
Printing Works (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Dundee, Guthrie Street, West Ward Works
Classification Printing Works (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Blinshall Street; Dc Thompson
Canmore ID 330176
Site Number NO33SE 693
NGR NO 39562 30340
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/330176
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
Note (1959)
DC Thomson printing works, 1959 and 1960s by T Lindsay Gray, envelope an 1871 weaving shed (NO 39550 30326), and a well below the floor. On the site of the first fireproof mill in Dundee, 1806 (NO33SE 283; Bell Mill). Printing ceased in 2010.
Information from Mark Watson, Historic Scotand, 22 April 2013.
Publication Account (2013)
WEST WARD WORKS
D C Thomson printing works, 1959 and 1960s by T Lindsay Gray, envelope an 1871 weaving shed (NO 39550 30326), and a well below the floor. On
the site of the first fireproof mill in Dundee, dating from 1806 (Bell Mill, NO 3959 3031, NO33SE 283). Printing ceased in 2010. Courtyards opposite
of early 19th century raw flax warehouses (NO 39567 30281, NO33SE 545) are converted to student housing as Keiller Court (no connection to the
jam-makers). The gable of an early 19th century house typical of the area is impressed into the south wall, Blinshall Street.
M Watson, 2013
