Greenock, Ker Street, Glebe Sugar Refinery
Sugar Refinery (19th Century)
Site Name Greenock, Ker Street, Glebe Sugar Refinery
Classification Sugar Refinery (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Crawfurd Street; Patrick Street; West Blackhall Street
Canmore ID 68390
Site Number NS27NE 23
NGR NS 27607 76776
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/68390
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Greenock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27NE 23 27607 76776
Location formerly cited as NS 276 767.
Glebe Sugar Refinery [NAT]
OS (GIS) ep. 4.
(Location cited as NS 276 768). Glebe Sugar Refinery, founded on this site in 1831. A 5-storey, red-and-white brick, flat-roofed building, with a rounded front and round-headed windows. The bays are separated by pilasters. Now a store.
J R Hume 1976.
Free-standing 5 storey block in red brick with contrasting yellow brick dressings, the west corner of which is curved to follow the street. The ground floor is plain, with large vehicle openings, whilst the bays of the floors above are divided by pilaster strips. Round-headed fenestration throughout. The roof is concealed by decorative bracketted eaves. Refinery founded at this site 1831. (Historic Scotland)
