Gardynes Land consists of an L-plan three-storey merchant's house from around the year 1560; lodgings from around 1640; a tenement from around 1790; a billiard hall from around 1820 and a Victorian retail unit from around 1845.^[1] All five Gardynes Land buildings are Category A listed buildings.^[2][3]

Gardynes Land came to the attention of the Tayside Building Preservation Trust in 1995.^[4] Between 1997 and 2000, the Trust acquired the buildings and raised funds for their restoration. A first phase of wind and waterproofing works started in 2000. Between 2000 and 2003, a professional team were appointed and plans were first drawn up and approved for converting the complex into a hostel.^[4] In April 2005, the Gardynes Land project was handed over to the Dundee City Council.

The Gardyne's Land restoration has received awards from the Dundee Civic Trust, the Dundee Institute of Architects, the Royal Town planning institute, a Scottish award for quality in planning and regeneration and renewal magazine.^[4]

• "Gardyne's Land wins multiple awards". University of Dundee. 2009. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
• "Dragging a building into the 21st Century", Scottish Planner, p. 11, July 2010
• Historic Environment Scotland. "70-73 (inclusive nos) High Street, including Gardyne's Land, Gray's Close and Clock with model of the town house (Category A Listed Building) (LB25239)". Retrieved 15 March 2019.
• McKean, Charles; Walker, David (1985), Dundee: an illustrated introduction, Edinburgh: The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and Scottish Academic Press
• Walker, D.M. (1968), "The Architecture of Dundee", in Jones, S.J. (ed.), Dundee and District, Dundee: Dundee Local Executive Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 284–300

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