Description

John Bruce and Son 1903. 4-storey tenement on gusset site,
coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, ground floor public house
with outstanding interior.
Elevation to Perth Road: original ground floor public house
front of painted ashlar, 2 doors with mosaic floors,
large plate glass windows with Art Nouveau etching, original
lettering to rear of seating. Bipartites and 2 single
lights over, in lugged architraves at 1st, corniced at 2nd
and corbelled linking cill courses at 2nd and 3rd. Central
wallhead stack with plaque and corbelled cornice. Canted
corner with recessed chamfer to left, windows similarly
detailed, pedimented at 2nd.
Elevation to Ford's Lane plain, rubble-built with stepped-up
wallhead stack. Blank N gable with stack. 3 windows to rear.
Corbelled out ridge stack.
Slate roofs with facetted angle turret and wrought-iron
weather vane. Windows sash and case, 2-pane glazing pattern.
INTERIOR of public house remarkably complete: L-plan public
bar divided by glazed wooden screen with urn finials.
Art Nouveau etched glass to bar screens. Dark wood gantry
and dado panelling. Anaglypta Jacobean ceiling. 2 sitting
rooms with dado panelling, fireplaces, dentil cornices
and borrowed lights. Gents: mosaic floor and original fittings.

Statement of Interest

Probably the best historic pub interior in Dundee. Built

for James G Speed of William Speed and Sons. Woodwork by

W and R Brownlee. Some external detail lost in stone-cleaning

1986.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17809598

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings