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Hawick, Commercial Road, Hosiery Factory
Boiler House (19th Century), Engineering Works (20th Century), Hosiery Factory (19th Century)
Site Name Hawick, Commercial Road, Hosiery Factory
Classification Boiler House (19th Century), Engineering Works (20th Century), Hosiery Factory (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Messrs James Renwick And Company Hosiery Works; 14 Commercial Road; Messrs William Galloway And Sons; Messrs H Stevenson And Sons, Boxmakers
Canmore ID 95515
Site Number NT51SW 85
NGR NT 50162 14782
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/95515
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hawick
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT51SW 85 5017 1478
Originally erected in 1888 as a boiler house and dyeworks for Messrs. William Galloway and Sons, the building remained in their hands for only five years. In 1898 the building was recorded, by Goodfellow, as being in the hands of Messrs. H Stevenson and Sons, Boxmakers, Manchester. Thereafter until 1914, when Messrs James Renwick and Company moved in, it is not known who occupied this building.
Information taken from The Industrial Archaeology of the Tweed and Hosiery Textiles Mills of Hawick, with particular reference to their development, ownership and prime movers between 1820 and 1930, October 1997
During March 1999, RCAHMS conducted a photographic survey of the remaining textile mill structures in Hawick. The purpose of this survey was to enhance and augment the holdings of the existing National Monuments Record Scotland.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), March 1999
Standing Building Recording (April 2016)
A record of this building, along with number 16 Commercial Road, was made by Gray Macpherson Architects in April 2016. This was done in accordance with a planning condition for conversion of the former engineering works into a distillery. The adjacent No. 16 (former mill and sweetie factory) was recorded prior to its demolition.
