Description

1886. 3-storey and basement, cellar, and attic storeys, 16-bay, rectangular-plan former cabinet makers workshop; 2-bay gable end to SW elevation; 3-storey linked residential block (2008) to NE. Red brick with dressed ashlar cills and brick lintels. Plain brick skews and skewputts. Irregular fenestration at ground floor with some later doorways and windows. Regular fenestration at 1st and 2nd floors; small canted window to SE corner at 1st floor with moulded cill and lintel. Some later rooflights at attic.

Later 9-pane glazing throughout with fixed 6-pane glazing to canted window. Pitched roof with lead ridge and flashing; grey slates. Brick gable end stacks with ashlar base and neck copes, modern clay cans.

Statement of Interest

A large and well-detailed building purpose built in 1886 as a cabinet maker's workshop. The workshop provides a link to the industrial heritage of the Dean Village with nearby Sunbury Street (see separate listing) a row of houses for artisans. Although now no longer occupied by the firm Whytock and Reid (converted for residential dwelling, 2008) the building was originally commissioned by Robert and Hugh Reid in 1886. The firm of Whytock and Reid received a Royal warrant in the early 19th century and supplied furniture to the Royal and major houses of Scotland from this date. The firm was associated (circa 1880 and 1920) with Robert Lorimer who spent time in the workshop designing furniture for some of his larger houses.

The site was originally larger with 2 large timber drying sheds (one of which is in Summerlee Heritage Park, North Lanarkshire, the other demolished 2001). A 2-storey joinery workshop to the NE of the remaining block was a later addition, linked to the main block via a glazed extension. This was demolished in 2008, leaving the original block as part of a wider scheme of residential development.

(List description revised 2009 as part of re-survey.)

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17795490

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