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Listed Buildings March 1993.......very impressive former White's clay pipe factory buildings.
Frontage to Bain Street by M Forsyth of Airdrie, architect, 1876-7, for
White's clay pipe factory. Identical pair distinctive tall red and
contrasting white brick blocks facing Bain Street. 4 storeys with tall
attic, each block symmetrical and with 2-storey oriel corbelled above ground
floor. Flank elevations also similarly ornamented, particularly S flank to
Moncur street. Timber floors on cast-iron columns. Similarly detailed tall
block at corner Gibson Street/Moncur Street also connected by lower link; to
Gibson Street, a block of different date. |
