Description

A detached, single storey, rectangular-plan, timber-framed and weatherboarded cabbie's shelter or 'rest', built in 1878 as part of improvements to the Broughty Ferry Station cab-stance. It has deep, over-hanging eaves to the principal (east) elevation with angle brackets at exposed rafter ends. To the right of the timber door is a tripartite window with multi-pane upper glazing to the right. The piended roof has a covering of grey slate, with a truncated ridge vent flanked by a pair of needle finials. A flat-roofed timber outshot adjoins the north elevation.

Statement of Interest

The Broughty Ferry Cabbie's shelter meets the criteria for listing for the following reasons:

• For its timber construction and detailing that is typical of the building type during this period and because it retains its historic character.
• For its prominent roadside setting beside Broughty Ferry Station, to which it has a direct association. It is in its original location and contributes to our understanding of the building's historic function.
• As a rare survival of a 19th century cabbie's shelter in Scotland.
• For its contribution to our understanding of the transport system which developed in response to the growth of Broughty Ferry as a wealthy suburb of Dundee during the 19th century.

Supplementary information in the listed building record updated in 2026.

External Links

• Wikidata Q56630343

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)