Campbeltown, Glebe Street, Springbank Distillery
Distillery (19th Century)
Site Name Campbeltown, Glebe Street, Springbank Distillery
Classification Distillery (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Well Close; Longrow
Canmore ID 83593
Site Number NR72SW 55
NGR NR 71722 20541
NGR Description Centred NR 71722 20541
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Detail of barrels, including one sherry cask bearing the name Garvey, Jerez Digital image of C 64596 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 742479
Bottling Hall: bottling in progress Digital image of C 64629 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Campbeltown, Glebe Street, Springbank Distillery. General view from South.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/12/1990
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Detail of barrels, including one sherry cask bearing the name Garvey, Jerez
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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View from W of Duty Free Warehouse No.15 (rack storage) to left, and Bottling Hall(formerly Duty Free Warehouse No.14) to right
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 727522
View of bottling hall showing labeling in progress, Springbank Distillery, Campbeltown
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 727525
Duty Free Warehouse No. 3, Springbank distillery, Campbeltown: detailed view of batch of 'organic' whisky, made from certificated organically-grown barley in 1992 Digital image of C64627/CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 742493
View from E along SE side of distillery (Well Close), with former maltings (now Malt Store) in foreground, and floor-Maltings block in background Digital image of C 64637 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Still House: view from SE through arched entrance into Still House from Mash House Digital image of C 64616 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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View from SW across yard, with cooperage in background
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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View from S showing WSW and SSE fronts of still house
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1/7/1971
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
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View from NNW of main production block of distillery (centre), with Duty Free Warehouse No.3 (left) and No. 8 (now dry-goods store) to right
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Malt Store: view from E of base of malt bins (grain conveying equipment made by Porteus of Leeds)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Floor Maltings: view from NE of SW end of upper floor, with floor malting in progress
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Still House: view from N past spirit still No.1 looking towards riveted wash still
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599121
Bottling Hall: bottling in progress
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 793180
View from ESE showing ENE and Well Close fronts of still house and kiln
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1/7/1971
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
SC 2598841
Campbeltown, Glebe Street, Springbank Distillery. General view from west north west.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/12/1990
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SC 2599096
Detailed view of empty casks in yard, many from other distilleries whose whiskies are bottled at Springbank and sold under the 'Cadenhead' label
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Kiln: view from NW of Maltings kiln firebox, used to burn peat to add flavour to the malt. An additional oil-fired burner situated to rear provides most of the heat required for the drying floor above
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599102
Floor Maltings: detail of steeping tank at W end of upper floor, showing steeping in progress
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Floor Maltings: view from S in Barley Loft (top floor), showing recently arrived batch of barley
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599117
Duty Free Warehouse No. 3: view of traditional storage for casks, showing wooden rails and earth floor
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599118
Duty Free Warehouse No. 3: detailed view of batch of 'organic' whisky, made from certificated organically-grown barley in 1992
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599123
View from SW along SE side of distillery (Well Close), with floor-Maltings in foreground, and Malt Store in background
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599125
View from NE of NW side of floor-Maltings block, showing lorry unloading barley
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Floor Maltings: view from NE of SW end of upper floor, with floor malting in progress Digital image of C 64608 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 742482
Still House: view from SE of riveted wash still (foreground), with two spirit stills (welded copper) in background, and wash charger in far distance (low wines charger out of picture to right) Digital image of C 64621 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 742490
Bottling Hall: labling in progress Digital image of C 64635 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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View from NNW on Well Close showing NNW front of S bonded store with church tower in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1/7/1971
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
DP 069482
Oblique aerial view centred on Campbeltown distillery with the bonded warehouses adjacent, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
23/6/2009
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SC 2599088
View from N of main production block of distillery, including Still House, Mash House, Mill House and Tun Room
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599090
View from S of (right) Duty Free Warehouse No.3 (traditional storage, wooden rails on earth floor), and NE end of range containing Duty Free Warehouses Nos. 7 and 9 (left), with Old Cooperage building (centre)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599097
Detailed view of empty casks in yard, many from other distilleries whose whiskies are bottled at Springbank and sold under the 'Cadenhead' label
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Mash House: view from SE of cast-iron mash tun, with underback partly visible (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 742487
Bottling Hall: bottling in progress Digital image of C 64633 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 793170
View from NE looking down Well Close between distillery blocks
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1/7/1971
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
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Floor Maltings: view from NE of ground floor of maltings showing Archie Mathieson ploughing the barley
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Floor Maltings: view from NE of SW end of upper floor, with floor malting in progress
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599114
Still House: view from SE of riveted wash still (foreground), with two spirit stills (welded copper) in background, and wash charger in far distance (low wines charger out of picture to right)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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View from SW along SE side of distillery (Well Close), with floor-Maltings in foreground, and Malt Store in background
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Duty Free Warehouse No. 5: view of racked storage for casks Digital image of C64624
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Floor Maltings: view from E of cast-iron steeping tank at W end of uper floor Digital image of C 64605
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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View from SW of rear of Still House, showing worm tub of No.1 Spirit Still (left) and condenser of Wash Still (right), and chimney stack (right), with overhead flue connecting it to neighbouring Boiler House. Note that the chimney also serves a flue connecting it to the Wash Still (behind)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Still House: view from SE through arched entrance into Still House from Mash House
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599111
Still House: view from SE of three stills in Still House, with wash still (left), a riveted copper pot still heated by direct flame (oil-burner), and two steam-heated welded-copper pot stills (right), both 12,274 litres capacity. Spirit still No.1 (centre) has a steel worm tub (outside to rear of building), the other two stills having condenser units
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599113
Still House: view from N past spirit still No.1 looking towards riveted wash still
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599116
Mill Room: view of Porteus of Leeds malt mill, showing belt-drive and machine guard
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599119
Bottling Hall: bottling in progress
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599120
View from SE of NE side of main production block of distillery (left), and distillery office (centre)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 724587
View from E along SE side of distillery (Well Close), with former maltings (now Malt Store) in foreground, and floor-Maltings block in background
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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View from N of main production block of distillery, including Still House, Mash House, Mill House and Tun Room Digital image of C 64588 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 742475
Elevated view from NE of main production block of distillery, including Still House, Mash House, Mill House and Tun Room, with yard (full of casks) in foreground, and Office (right)) Digital image of C 64600 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Floor Maltings: view from NE of ground floor of maltings showing Archie Mathieson ploughing the barley Digital image of C 64604 CN
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 742485
Bottling Hall: bottling in progress Digital image of C 64631
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 793184
View from NW showing NNW and WSW fronts of still house
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
1/7/1971
© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume
DP 069483
Oblique aerial view centred on the distillery with the bonded warehouses adjacent, taken from the ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
23/6/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2599091
View from SW of fuel-oil tanks (for Maltings kiln, Wash Still and Boiler House), and Boiler House, with Duty Free Warehouse No. 5 (racked storage) in background (left)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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View from WSW of NW side of floor-Maltings block
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Detailed view of pulley on NE side of Tun Room block, and customised wall-mounted hose reel
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Elevated view from NE of main production block of distillery, including Still House, Mash House, Mill House and Tun Room, with yard (full of casks) in foreground, and Office (right))
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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Floor Maltings: view from NE on upper floor, with floor malting in progress
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599106
Floor Maltings: view from NE on upper floor, with floor malting in progress
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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SC 2599115
Tun Room: view showing three of the five wooden washbacks (each about 27,000 litres capacity)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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View from S of SW corner of floor-Maltings block (including Glebe Street frontage)
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
27/2/1996
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Campbeltown
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR72SW 55 centred 71722 20541
Springbank Distllery [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.
See also NR72SW 56.
At Springbank Distillery, founded in 1828 and still in full working order, on a site lying just off the SW side of Longrow, some of the early buildings remain, although now much remodelled. These are plain two- and three-storeyed structures of local rubble masonry showing rows of small widely-spaced window openings.
RCAHMS 1971, visited April 1968.
(Location cited as NR 717 206). Springbank Distillery, established 1828. A group of two- and three-storey rubble buildings, with three-strorey, 6- by 10-bay, and 7-bay blocks of maltings, with a brick kiln vent, and a square-section brick chimney.
J R Hume 1977.
