Alexandria, North Main Street, Argyll Motor Car Factory, House
Lodge (20th Century)
Site Name Alexandria, North Main Street, Argyll Motor Car Factory, House
Classification Lodge (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Offices; Argyll Lodge; Heather Avenue
Canmore ID 263916
Site Number NS38SE 21.01
NGR NS 38914 80774
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/263916
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Bonhill (West Dunbartonshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS38SE 21.01 38914 80774
2-storey, 2-bay house terminating left wing. Part of a 2-storey and attic Baroque, richly detailed industrial and office range with symmetrical wings. Long rectangular-plan. Red sandstone ashlar with pink ashlar dressings, marble columns. Base course, deep entablature with mutuled cornice; ashlar parapet over centre block with raised die, large ball finials; pierced balustraded parapet over wings. (Historic Scotland)
This complex was reckoned one of the largest motor-car factories in Europe when new, but only built cars to 1913. Latterly used as a Royal Naval Torpedo Factory. (J Hume, RCAHMS)
