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Arbroath, West John Street, Pool Mill

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Linen Mill (Period Unassigned), Workshop(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Arbroath, West John Street, Pool Mill

Classification Linen Mill (Period Unassigned), Workshop(S) (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) John Street Works

Canmore ID 35652

Site Number NO64SW 87

NGR NO 63951 41158

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35652

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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View from SE of frontage onto West John Street.
View from SE of frontage onto West John Street.View from SE of frontage onto West John Street.View of roof of SW bays from N.Detail of exterior of former engine house.General view from S showing associated workshop on W side of road.Interior. General view of fireproof second floor.Interior. General view of attic.General view looking N from station with part of mill on right and pool mill in backgroundView from NW.View from NE of frontage onto West John Street.View from NE showing NNW front (Hume Street front) of works with part of bridge in foregroundView from SE showing ENE front of sailcloth works with John Street Works in backgroundDetail of datestone in John Street.View of footbridge and firescape from N.View looking S from Hume Street bridge showing part of NNW and ENE fronts of building with bellcoteView from S.View looking SSE showing part of WSW front of works (on left)View from SE showing ENE front and part of SSE front of building with bellcoteArbroath, West John Street, Pool Mill, NO64SW 87, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoDetail of cast iron columns in brick jack-arched fireproof flat.Elevated view across railway from NW, showing rear of buildings.View from N showing part of ENE front of sailcloth works with part of John Street Works in foregroundDetail of bellcote.View from SW.View from SW of rear of building, including base of chimney.View from NW showing part of WSW front (West John Street front) with bellcote on leftView looking WSW showing part of ENE front of building with bellcoteView from NW.View from SW of rear of building, including base of chimney.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO64SW 87 63951 41158

"...built 1850 (main block)and subsequently extended. A group of 1- and 2-storey buildings, dominated by a 4-storey and attic, 2- by 12-bay block with a cast-iron bellcote, and a 3-storey, 4- by 2-bay wing, at right angles. Many of the windows in the main block have cast-iron frames."

J R Hume 1977

The range of brick buildings centred on NO 6393 4113 were the workshops of Pool Mill.

Visited by RCAHMS (MKO) 12 January 1995

See Architecture (TBS photographs, 1986)

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