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Dundee, Taylor's Lane, Seafield Works

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Site Name Dundee, Taylor's Lane, Seafield Works

Classification Works (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Thomson Shepherd And Co (Sanderson Carpets)

Canmore ID 68110

Site Number NO32NE 19

NGR NO 38819 29600

NGR Description Centred NO 38819 29600

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/68110

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Boiler House, view of cast-iron roof trusses.
Boiler House, view of cast-iron roof trusses.Oblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the WSW.Seafield Works, Taylor's Lane, Tufted carpet making, Dundee, TaysideDetail of tower on High Mill, viewed from South-West.Oblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the W.View of datestone (1861) on South elevation of High Mill.Interior. Third floor (4th flat) of High Mill. (note fireproof construction).Interior. Cast iron roof trusses in Mechanics Shop.Detail of ironwork in main weaving shed.Detail of tufting machine rolls/cheeses.Oblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the SE.View of offices from North-East.View of office block from West.Interior. General view of main weaving shed - Broad loom section.View from North-West of High Mill.High Mill. Drive box detail (cast-iron) in ceiling of 3rd flat (2nd floor).Roof and ventilator, detail in main weaving shed.Detail of column-head, weaving shed.Gas fired ovens which weld the various carpet laminations together (with latex).Boiler House, view from South-West.High Mill. View from North-East showing distinct windows of former engine house. (1st floor).Interior. Fifth (top) flat of High Mill (4th Floor). (note humidifiers (2), suspended in centre).General view of machine which brought together various laminations making up the carpet.View of tufting machine.View of tufting machine.View of former schoolhouse from South.Oblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the SE.Oblique aerial view.View of West frontage from N-N-W.Details of ironwork in main weaving shed.Oblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the S.Oblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the SE.Oblique aerial view centred on the mill, taken from the E.General view of High Mills and Weaving Sheds from South-West.Interior. Third floor (4th flat) High Mill column & jack - arch detail with pipe - bracket on columns.

Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NO32NE 19.00 38819 29600

NO32NE 19.06 38879 29504 School (Formerly NO32NE 19.01. See Architecture Notes.)

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Architecture Notes

NO32NE 19.00 38819 29600

NO32NE 19.01 38830 29618 High Mill

NO32NE 19.02 38779 29590 West Factory (Weaving Sheds)

NO32NE 19.03 38811 29648 Boiler House

NO32NE 19.04 38841 29638 Mechanics' Shop and Office

NO32NE 19.05 38841 29673 27-29 Taylor's Lane, Low Mill No 1

NO32NE 19.06 38879 29504 School

NO32NE 19.07 38834 29669 31 Taylor's Lane, Low Mill No 1

NO32NE 19.08 38830 29671 33 Taylor's Lane, Low Mill No 1

NO32NE 19.09 38824 29670 35 Taylor's Lane, Low Mill No 1

NO32NE 19.10 38818 29672 37 Taylor's Lane, Low Mill No 1

NO32NE 19.11 38841 29662 29 Taylor's Lane, Office and Pend

At time of update it is not possible to be certain to which of the buildings in the complex collection items A8036, A 8037 and A 8038 CN relate.

Information from RCAHMS (AC), 23 June 2004.

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Publication Account (2013)

SEAFIELD WORKS

Shepherds Loan, Taylor’s Lane

This jute carpet factory, founded c1850 for Thomson, Shepherd and Co by Robertson & Orchar,engineers, has a 5-storey spinning mill (dated 1861) with central double engine house adjoining a weaving shed built in 1859. Closed in 1986, it was converted to housing, with a swimming pool in the former press-packing/ mechanics’ shop. It has an arched cast iron roof, similar to that over the boiler house, now an open pergola.

M Watson, 2013

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