Description

Dated 1866. 11-bay, 2-storey and part-basement, former linen factory and single storey pantiled outbuilding (former byre?) on ground falling to W. Coursed and snecked rubble with dressed margins. Segmental-headed entrance.

S ELEVATION: wide segmental-headed opening in bay to right of centre with 3 windows beyond to right and door to outer right; 6 windows to left, that to outer left over door in raised basement. 5 regularly disposed decorative cast-iron tie-rod ends between floors and regular fenestration to 1st floor with datestone between bays 5 and 6 at cill height. Single storey building to left with 2-leaf boarded timber door and timber lintel in wide opening to right of centre, window to outer right and 2 small windows to left.

W ELEVATION: ball-finialled gable with pantiled building adjoining at ground and window in gablehead.

E ELEVATION: ball-finialled gable with doors to outer right and left, and blocked window in gablehead.

4-pane glazing pattern in timber sash and case window to 1st floor bay 3, all other openings blocked. Grey slates and traditional clay pantiles. Coped ashlar stacks, those to single storey building with thackstanes, and ashlar-coped skews.

Statement of Interest

Built by Robert Speedie, linen manufacturer of Sinclairtown, when linen manufacture was "the principal trade of the town ... with the collateral branches of flax-spinning, bleaching and machine-making" (NSA, p752). Westwaters (also linen manufacturers) later took over the building.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772341

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)