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Greenock, Custom House Place, Custom House

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Custom House (19th Century)

Site Name Greenock, Custom House Place, Custom House

Classification Custom House (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Greenock Harbour; Custom House Square

Canmore ID 41309

Site Number NS27NE 39

NGR NS 28308 76204

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41309

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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View from WNW showing SSW front
View from WNW showing SSW frontSW front, view from SWSW front, view from SWInterior. Ground floor, SE entrance lobby, view from SWInterior. 1st floor, room to N of main hall, view through doorway showing curved door to ante room beyondOblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking ENE.View from WSW showing WNW and part of SSW frontsInterior. Main staircase hall, view of cupolaOblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking NE.Oblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking NW.Oblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking SSW.View of main entrance from South.View from South-West.View from NSW front, view from WInterior. 1st floor, main hall, view from SWInterior. 1st floor, main hall, view through columns to SWOblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking SSE.Oblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking WSW.Oblique aerial view of East India Harbour and Custom House Place, looking SW.View from South.View from NNW showing NNE and WNW frontsView from N showing NNE and WNW frontsNE entrance, detail of coat of arms above doorwaySE front, view from SInterior. Ground floor, main staircase hall, view from SWRoof, view looking W to Greenock town centreRoof, view looking SW to tenement and town hall towerOblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking SE.Oblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking SW.Oblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, taken from the NEView from West.Portico on NE facade, view from NNENE entrance, detail of noticeboardSW front, view from WInterior. 1st floor, main hall, view from NEInterior. 1st floor, room to N of main hall, detail of fireplaceRoof, view looking SE to construction site of new theatre with docks beyondInterior. Basement, view of vaulted roomView from NOblique aerial view of Custom House Place, Lynedoch Street and Municipal Buildings, looking SW.View of main entrance from South-East.View from NInterior. 1st floor, room to N of main hall, view showing plain and curved doorsGreenock, Custom House Place, Custom House, NS27NE 39, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView from NE showing NE front of Custom House with Steamboat Quay in foregroundView from SWInterior. 1st floor, main staircase hall, view from half landing to ERoof, view showing cupola above main stairOblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking N.Engraved view of Custom's House.NE entrance, view from NEOblique aerial view of Greenock Custom House, looking NNW.View from North-West.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Inverclyde
  • Parish Greenock
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Inverclyde
  • Former County Renfrewshire

Summary Record (14 October 2011)

William Burn's Custom House (1818) was until April 2011 still used by HM Revenue and Customs, one of the last historic purpose built Customs Houses still used for their original purpose. The Revenue moved out in 2011 and the building now houses the office of the regeneration company, 'Riverside Inverclyde' and other parts are available for letting.

Information from RCAHMS (CAJS) 2011.

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Archaeology Notes

NS27NE 39 28308 76204

Custom House [NAT]

OS (GIS) AIB, June 2006.

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Architecture Notes

NMRS REFERENCE

Architect: William Burn 1816

NMRS Photographs: PSA Photograph Collection

1965 G/821-2 general views

1983 G/6402 extension

1984 Y/698 drawings; G/6727 prior to alterations

1985 G/7444 masonry and general views.

1986 G/7816; G/7875 internal views

1987 G/7920; G/7967; G/8084; G/8197 progress

1988 G/8275; G/8382; G/8414; G/8490; G/8569 progress

G/8570; G/8293; G/8315; G/8380; G/8415; G/8458; G/8489 west wing

1989 G/8654; G/8732; G/8757; G/8797 progress

G/8653; G/8733; G/8758; G/8796 west wing

G/8901 completed building

1990 G/9164 completed building; G/9098 conservation award plaque

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

List of 25 drawings by William Burn, 1816 in R.I.B.A, London - typescript list in Misc. File under R.I.B.A drawings.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(Location cited as NS 283 761). Custom House, built 1818. A 2-storey and attic, 6-by-13-bay building on a U plan. There are pedimented tetrastyle Doric porticoes on the north and east faces, and pilastered corner features.

J R Hume 1976.

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Photographic Survey (March 1965)

Photographic survey by the Ministry of Works in March 1965.

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Photographic Survey (14 October 2011)

Buildings of Scotland 2011-12

Photographed on behalf of the Buildings of Scotland Publications.

RCAHMS (CAJS) 2011.

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Photographic Survey (14 October 2011)

Listed Buildings Area Survey

Photographed for the Listed Buildings Area Survey.

RCAHMS (CAJS) 2011.

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