Description

Circa 1815. 2-storey, 13-bay, symmetrical, rectangular-plan, storehouse. Piended roof. Coursed Caithness stone slabs.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: regular fenestration; doors to 5th and 10th bays, 2 blocked doorways to ground floor; 4 blocked windows to 1st floor; large shop window to outer right bay.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: single storey, lean-to addition; sliding garage door to right return. Arcaded wall of curing yard remains.

N (SALTOUN STREET) ELEVATION: 2-bay, window to centre of ground floor.

S (ROSE STREET) ELEVATION: 4-bay. Door to outer left, large shop window flanking to right; 2 blocked windows to centre; blocked segmental-arch pend to right; blocked door to outer right. Regular fenestration to upper storey, blocked windows to outer bays.

INTERIOR: not seen 2001.

Plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slates, lead flashing. Coped gable end stacks to S. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

Statement of Interest

The A Group for Lower Pulteneytown comprises; 19-27 Bank Row (Wick Heritage Centre), The Black Stairs, The Round House, Harbour Place, Steven and Co storehouse, Harbour Quay, 6,7 Rose St, Old Fish Market, South Quay, Storehouse, Telford Street.

The Group listing is in recognition of the exceptional group value of these buildings as the core of Thomas Telford's 1809 scheme for the new town plan of Pulteneytown for the British Fisheries Society. For further information see separate listing for the Round House, Harbour Place.

The building materials of stone and slate, and the overall dimensions, height and length, for the storehouses that form the Lower Pulteneytown grid were drawn up Telford as part of his overall town plan and were laid down in the BFS's Building Regulations. However, the central segmental arched pend that forms the central feature of the storehouses, where remaining, was not specified by Telford but appears to be a practical design that was widely adopted, thereby forming a local design type. The buildings are in fact complete fish processing factories rather than simply storehouses. The original standard plan, was of a large gabled storehouse and offices building facing the main street the length of the feu (a whole or half block). A central archway led through a pend to a large open-air flagstoned curing yard behind. The curing yard was surrounded on the remaining three sides by ancillary stores and workshops such as the salt stores, cooperage and smokeries. From the outside the continuous high walls of the yards, running round the entire block, are reminiscent of prison walls, hiding the industry within. For further information see separate listing for The Round House, Harbour Place.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56647655

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)