New Lanark, Rosedale Street, 15-16 Double Row
Tenement (18th Century)
Site Name New Lanark, Rosedale Street, 15-16 Double Row
Classification Tenement (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) New Lanark Mills; New Lanark Industrial Village
Canmore ID 269049
Site Number NS84SE 58.57
NGR NS 87882 42666
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269049
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Lanark
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS84SE 58.57 87882 42666
See also NS84SE 58.53 - 58.56 and NS84SE 58.58 - 58.61.
One of a terrace of mill workers' houses. Rubble built with droved ashlar dressings and quoins. 8 bays with 3 windows to each bay with central doors to N and S. 3 storeys to N, 4 and 5 storeys to S elevations. Timber sash and case windows. Straight skews, slate roof, end and axial stacks. (Historic Scotland)
Founded in 1785 by David Dale, a Glasgow merchant, taking advantage of water power from the River Clyde, the village became internationally famous under the management of Dale's son in law, noted social and educational pioneer Robert Owen. The mills were closed in 1968, with the village falling into disuse. New Lanark Conservation Trust was formed in 1974 to bring the site back into use. In 2001 the village was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. (New Lanark Conservation Trust).
