Description

Circa 1790-1800. Terrace of single-storey mill and bleach workers cottages. Rubble-built elevations variously whitewashed or harled. Most window openings enlarged and given modern glazing patterns. Some later rear extensions.

Dormerless high slate roofs with small rooflights. Tall ashlar ridge stacks with thack stanes and coping. Perhaps originally thatched.

Statement of Interest

The oldest surviving group of working class housing in Dundee District. Associated with Trottick flax spinning mill which went through a number of owners, including J and W Brown (of EARLY DAYS IN A DUNDEE MILL, Abertay Soc) whose manager played the fiddle to his workforce. "Great Profits were occasionally realised, cherising sanguine hopes, which were blasted by sudden and extensive losses" (NSA). In about 1821 the mill became part of the Claverhouse Bleachfield Co, and with it, presumably, went these cottages.

Despite elevational alterations, the roofline and stacks are well preserved.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56630186

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)