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Montrose, Ferry Street, Custom House
Custom House (19th Century)
Site Name Montrose, Ferry Street, Custom House
Classification Custom House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Montrose, Harbour Buildings; Meridian Street; Caledonia Street
Canmore ID 36259
Site Number NO75NW 45
NGR NO 71621 57220
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36259
- Council Angus
- Parish Montrose
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO75NW 45 71621 57220
For Montrose Harbour and associated buildings, see NO75NW 44.00.
For adjacent Montrose, Old Harbour (NO 71629 57114), see NO75NW 44.01.
(Location cited as NO 716 573). Harbour buildings, mid 19th century. A 3-storey, 13-bay block, with ashlar ground floor and coursed-rubble upper storeys. There is a central pedimented feature, to which a clock has been added.
J R Hume 1977.
The OS (GIS), Revision edition of the OS 25-inch map (Forfarshire, sheet 35, 1924) [Map epoch 3], notes this building as Custom House.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 April 2006.
Large 3-storey, 13-bay classical Custom House and Warehouse with ancillary structures along 3 streets forming quadrangle. Fine sandstone ashlar at ground floor, stugged and pointed at 2nd and 3rd floors, squared and snecked to rear. Base course, band course above ground and 1st floors, eaves band course. Rusticated quoins.
The Wet Dock was built in 1843, and the prestigious Custom House reflects the importance of Montrose as a port in the 19th century.(Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
