Glasgow, Prince's Dock, North Basin And Transit Sheds
Dock Basin (19th Century), Transit Shed (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Prince's Dock, North Basin And Transit Sheds
Classification Dock Basin (19th Century), Transit Shed (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Prince's Dock, North Quay
Canmore ID 278876
Site Number NS56NE 4921
NGR NS 56625 65084
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/278876
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 4921 56625 65084
North Basin [NAT] (at NS 5665 6508)
North Quay [NAT] (at NS 5667 6510)
OS 1:1250 map, 1983.
Extends onto map sheet NS56SE.
For Prince's Dock (NS 5620 6493 to NS 5684 6503) and subsidiary buildings, see NS56SE 87.00.
Desk Based Assessment (9 August 2017)
Prince’s Dock (NS56NE 4920), located on the south bank of the River Clyde in the Govan area of Glasgow, was designed by James Deas and constructed between 1892 and 1897. It was built primarily to cater for general cargo trade and comprised a large canting basin with associated quays and an entrance on the NW (NS56NE 4920) and (to the ESE of this) three basins (NS56SE 87.05-07 and NS56NE 4921) that lay parallel to the river (OS 25-inch 3rd edition map: Lanarkshire 1913, Sheets 006.09 and 006.10).
The North Basin, which was completed in 1893, measured 360m from NW to SE by 73m transversely, and had mooring posts, travelling cranes and goods sheds running along its NE side (North Quay) and SW (North Pier) sides. The sheds were 2-storey brick buildings with chutes and cranes installed for transferring cargo between floors.
Prince’s Dock ceased to be a commercial dock in the 1970s, and the basins were filled in during the 1980s to allow the development of the Garden Festival site of 1988. Today the area of the North Basin is a car park for the BBC Scotland Broadcasting Studio (NS56NE 4953).
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 09 August 2017.
