Description

A symmetrical, single storey workshop dated 1937 but probably incorporating earlier fabric. The building is harled with crowstepped gables and a clay pantiled roof.

The front (west) elevation has a central crowstepped gable with a tall carriage opening. There are eight windows with an 8-pane glazing pattern in the flanking bays. The north gable has a dated, moulded panel with 'ALEXANDER BIRRELL, SLATER & PLASTERER'. The rear (east) elevation includes a two-leaf boarded timber door and a panelled timber door. The chimney stacks are coped with clay cans.

Statement of Interest

This section of Rosslyn Street was previously known as Thornton Road. The former Birrell's Workshop is currently occupied by a car rental business (2021).

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2021. Previously listed as 'National Tyres, Thornton Road'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77772504

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)