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Latitude: 56.4694 / 56°28'9"N
Longitude: -2.9548 / 2°57'17"W
OS Eastings: 341269
OS Northings: 731217
OS Grid: NO412312
Mapcode National: GBR ZCN.H3
Mapcode Global: WH7RB.LN4B
Plus Code: 9C8VF29W+Q3
Entry Name: Tay Spinners Ltd, Taybank Works, Arbroath Road, Dundee
Listing Name: Arbroath Road, 60 Taybank Works, Tay Spinners Ltd
Listing Date: 30 June 1989
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 361348
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB25175
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Dundee, Arbroath Road, Taybank Works, Tay Spinners Ltd
ID on this website: 200361348
Location: Dundee
County: Dundee
Town: Dundee
Electoral Ward: Maryfield
Traditional County: Angus
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Kenneth F Masson, chief architect SCWS, plans 1947,
completed 1949 2-storey red brick and faience clad modern
jute spinning mill.
ELEVATION TO ARBROATH ROAD: long 2-storey elevation with
recessed panelled faience-clad section set in brick
surround and parapet. Ground floor windows in margins in
6 groups of 3, 2 intermediate loading doors. Continuous
large 1st floor windows divided by 7 dark tiled mullions.
3 port holes vertically arranged over door. Tall brick
parapet with faience coping set-back and stepped-up canted
angle. A 2-storey bipartite to each elevation within
faience recess. Monumental corner entrance. Deep lintel on
squat fluted columns over original double doors.
Deeply recessed window above with boldly modelled reveals.
Elevation to Morgan Street similar to that to Arbroath Road
but longer and with only 6 ground floor windows due to
slope. 11 large 1st floor windows with thicker mullions.
2 square windows at right.
Original metal-framed hopper windows.
INTERIOR: curved foyer, terrazzo floors. Reinforced
concrete framed loading area at basement by Arbroath Road.
The mill proper is single-storey, steel-framed and
north-lit.
1 of only 2 brand new 20th century jute spinning mills
in Britain, built for SCWS.
Listed as a good example of modern industrial architecture.
The internal structure is not of historic significance
and is common to other buildings of the period.
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