Description

1886-87. Single and 2-storey, rectangular-plan former submariners' depot. Snecked rubble, ashlar dressings, slate and corrugated metal roof. 12-pane sash and case windows, wall- and gablehead course, coped skews, shouldered ridge stacks.

W ELEVATION: 2-storey block at left; 4 doors and windows at ground floor, veranda with cast-iron columns and iron balustrade approached from forestair at left return gable, 2 doors and 8 windows at 1st floor with lean-to partially glazed porch at left. Single storey block at right has 3 elliptically-arched entrances and 2 windows, 2 windows at right return gable.

E ELEVATION: block at right has door and 7 windows at ground floor; 4 multi-pane windows at single storey block at left.

ENCLOSING WALL: round-coped snecked rubble wall at N, S, E and W.

Statement of Interest

This building forms the remaining part of the depot constructed for the Tay Division Submarine Miners RE (Volunteers), raised on 17 March 1888. The building is Crown property, part of broughty Castle which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument in state care.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17813525

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5