Summary
The Scotch Buildings was a large complex of tenement housing located off Duke Street in Barrow-in-Furness, then Lancashire, United Kingdom. The build was commissioned by the Barrow Hematite Steel Company and constructed somewhat hastily by Scottish firm Smith and Caird between 1871 and 1872 to address a chronic housing shortage in the rapidly expanding town.[1] The complex took on a triangular form with a centrally located courtyard. The four storey building was constructed from the iconic Hawcoat sandstone and was bound by Blake Street, Duke Street and Walney Road. Two shops and a working men's club were sited on the three corners of the building.[2] It contained some 260 flats housing over 1,000 residents.[1] The Scotch Buildings were ultimately demolished in 1956, the entire site is now shared by a Travis Perkins outlet and the Former Agrilek Engineering company office, now Saint Mary's Hospice Furniture Warehouse.
See also edit
- Devonshire Buildings - Grade II* tenement buildings on Barrow Island also constructed by Smith & Caird
References edit
- ^ a b Culture, Conflict, and Migration: The Irish in Victorian Cumbria. Liverpool University Press. 1998. p. 53. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
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- ^ "Historic Buildings Report: Egerton Buildings, Ramsden Dock Road" (PDF). Historic England. 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
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