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Glasgow, 280 Kennedy Street, Sun Foundry

Foundry (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Glasgow, 280 Kennedy Street, Sun Foundry

Classification Foundry (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Fyfe And Mcgrouther; Dunlop Rubber Company

Canmore ID 174288

Site Number NS56NE 2450

NGR NS 59687 66008

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NS56NE 2450 596 660

Architectural and Sanitary castings manufacturer, George Smith & Co, built in 1870-1. A large two-storey building 25 by 28 bay cement-washed red brick building with small tower at SE corner, subsequently altered.

J R Hume 1974

Architecture Notes

For example of George Smith & Co. work see Bridgeton Cross pavilion, NS66SW 611

Activities

Fire Damage (27 July 2012)

Fire destroyed former Sun Foundry/Fyfe and McGrouther factory building as it was undergoing demolition, 27th July 2012.

Information from bbc news website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19011756 (retrieved 02 August 2012: 13.52)

Standing Building Recording (23 July 2013)

A rapid standing building survey was undertaken of two rooms within the Fyfe and McGrouther building, 280 Kennedy Street, Glasgow in response to the uncovering of unusual cast iron cornicing during demolition works. The level 1 standing building survey was commissioned by Glasgow Museums who also recovered part of the cast iron work. The relief decorated cast iron sections being used as cornicing dated to the original phase of the building, as the purpose built Sun Foundry (constructed in 1871). Background research has shown that the sections of relief decorated cast iron, present as cornicing, were originally designed and cast for a Sun Foundry bandstand design known as 'Bandstand Number 1'. A recently restored bandstand of this design and cast by the Sun Foundry is present in Victoria Park, City of Hamilton, Bermuda.

Information from Oasis (northlig1-152250) 19 December 2013

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